{"id":2983,"date":"2012-08-27T05:31:34","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T05:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwandan-wins-mtv-mtn-contest-to-meet-akon-in-u-s\/"},"modified":"2012-08-27T10:53:58","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T10:53:58","slug":"rwandan-wins-mtv-mtn-contest-to-meet-akon-in-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwandan-wins-mtv-mtn-contest-to-meet-akon-in-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwandan,Wins MTV, MTN Contest to Meet Akon in U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"
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{{Marc Gwamaka, a 24 year old Rwandan, also known for being the founder of the\u2018Walk To Remember\u2019 has won the once-in-a-lifetime trip to Los Angeles, USA in September 2012 to meet with award-winning musician, writer, producer, humanitarian and activist Akon for the final episode in the current series of MTV Base Meets\u2026with MTN. }} <\/p>\n

Gwamaka is one of just 8 young Africans who will meet the R&B legend and participate in MTV Base Meets Akon with MTN, the final episode of the youth empowerment TV series, which brings African youth face to face with the continent\u2019s elite. <\/p>\n

Gwamaka will also take home a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and a Samsung Galaxy SII Smartphone as part of his prize.<\/p>\n

First initiated in 2011, MTV Base Meets\u2026with MTN connects African youth with inspirational or influential thought leaders, opinion formers, decision makers and role models who shape their world. <\/p>\n

Influencers who have featured in the show so far including Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, supermodel Alek Wek and hip hop entrepreneur Russell Simmons. <\/p>\n

Further influencers still to feature in the current series include Togolese international footballer Emmanuel Adebayor (29 August) and Archbishop Desmond Tutu (5 September).<\/p>\n

Gwamaka won the opportunity after entering a SMS competition run by MTV and MTN in Rwanda.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am delighted because as a youth ambassador I will be among the few who will participate as a panellist to interview Akon. At that level I am also a youth ambassador for the whole country. I will carry my Rwandan flag and I will surely represent the country well,\u201d Gwamaka said. <\/p>\n

According to Sakyi Opoku, the Snr Manager Branding and Sponsorship, Gwamaka, being a youth leader in Rwanda and an innovator suit well with MTN Rwanda\u2019s brand values.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt MTN we believe in innovation and the ability to do things that impact on people\u2019s live. We are positive that his trip to the USA, to meet a personality that has an inspirational story to share with the youth in Rwanda and Africa, will also be inspirational to others,\u201d Opoku said. <\/p>\n

Details of Gwamaka\u2019s trip will feature in MTV Base Meets Akon with MTN, to be shown on MTV Base (DStv Channel 322) on Wednesday 26 September 2012 Rwanda TV on Thursday 27th September 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

{{Marc Gwamaka, a 24 year old Rwandan, also known for being the founder of the\u2018Walk To Remember\u2019 has won the once-in-a-lifetime trip to Los Angeles, USA in September 2012 to meet with award-winning musician, writer, producer, humanitarian and activist Akon for the final episode in the current series of MTV Base Meets\u2026with MTN. }} Gwamaka […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[75],"byline":[334],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-homenews","byline-igihe-reporter"],"bylines":[{"id":334,"name":"IGIHE Reporter","slug":"igihe-reporter","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":334,"name":"IGIHE Reporter","slug":"igihe-reporter","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2983"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2983"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}