Author: Emmanuel Gatera
Burundian champions Dynamo have withdrawn from Basketball Africa League (BAL) season 4 over failing to comply with the tournament’s jersey requirements, BAL president Amadou Gallo Fall has said via a statement issued on Tuesday, February 12. This comes after the team forfeited Sunday’s game against Morocco’s FUS Rabat in the first stage of the tournament taking place at Kalahari conference of Pretoria, South Africa. “Dynamo Basketball team has further refused to comply with the Basketball Africa League’s rules and requirements governing jerseys and uniforms, thereby forfeiting today’s game against Petro de Luanda (Angola) and its participation in the 2024 BAL…
South African female artiste Tyla has canceled her maiden music tour and Coachella appearance amid health concerns. The ‘Water’ hitmaker announced the bad news on Thursday via Instagram, citing a ‘longstanding injury that has worsened over time’ as the reason behind the cancellation of her first world tour. “As much as this is something I would rather have dealt with privately, it’s important that I share what I have to share with you today. For the past year I’ve been silently suffering with an injury that has tragically worsened,” wrote Tyla, adding, “I’ve seen doctors and specialists with high hopes…
Bruce Itahiwacu, popularly known as Bruce Melodie, has said that the Trace Awards held last year in Kigali, Rwanda, was a great platform that exposed him and provided opportunities that his music career will enjoy for many years to come. The artiste, who is considered by many as the biggest export of Rwandan music and the only local musician to win a Trace Award, said on Tuesday, February 20, during a radio talk show hosted by podcaster Calvin Mwanguku at Trace East Africa studios in Nairobi, Kenya. During the chat, which reflected on the recent Trace Awards and the artiste’s…
It is indeed a dream come true, a huge inspiration for female DJs and Rwanda’s music industry in general, to be recognized on a continental level, DJ Sonia, one of the leading female disc spinners in Rwanda has said. The famous DJ said this after bagging a nomination at the 5th edition of Youth Excellence Awards Africa (YEA), which recognizes young people who are making a significant impact across all sectors of work in Ghana and Africa. Competing with top disc jockeys on the continent including the likes of Sta from Ghana and Sena among others in the ‘DJ of the…
After a hiatus that spanned nearly three years, Rwandan artiste and lyricist Niyo Bosco has bounced back in the music industry with a five-track extended play (EP) dubbed ‘New Chapter’. The EP is Niyo’s biggest project ever since he ventured into the business of making music in 2019 when his first track ‘Ubigenza Ute’ went viral and earned him a contract with MIE record label. Speaking to Sens Magazine, the ‘Urugi’ hitmaker said that the EP is a result of a new contract that he recently secured with one of the biggest record labels in the country, KIKAC music, which…
At least 200 artistes from 25 countries will convene in Kigali this month for the first edition of the Kigali Triennial, a multi-discipline art festival celebration of African arts aimed at promoting creative arts, culture and tourism in Rwanda and the African continent in particular. Organized by the Ministry of Youth and Arts in collaboration with the City of Kigali and the Rwanda Arts Initiative, the festival is scheduled to take place on February 16-25, both in the capital of Rwanda and upcountry. The first kind of this event will be held under the theme “Where art, knowledge, and economy…
As a result of the first Trace Awards and Festival that was held in Kigali, Rwanda on October 21, 2023, the multimedia and digital platform dedicated to exporting Africa’s top music to the world has expanded its activities to Rwanda. The development was approved by a communique issued by Trace on Wednesday, February 7, which also announced former Development Manager of Kigali International Financial Center (KIFC) Gwladys Watrin as the Managing Director of Trace Academia and Trace Rwanda. The decision, according to the statement, aims at advancing Trace’s presence in Rwanda’s educational sector and expanding its footprint in the country…