Ubuni Film Workshop Series

Date: 13th September 2014
Time: 10AM - 2PM
Venue: Katanazi Restaurant. Kirichwa Road
Charges: Ksh1000

Miss Tourism Nairobi 2014 Auditions

Win a Contract worth 1.2 Million

Date: 30th August 2014
Time: 9AM - 4PM
Venue: Vera Beauty College (Emperor Plaza)

2013 Groove Award Winners, Full List

The 8th annual Groove Awards were held on Madaraka Day at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC). Gospel artistes Gloria Muliro and Willy Paul, famous for their mega-hit 'Sitolia' bagged the female and male artistes of the year respectively.

In-attendance was President Uhuru Kenyatta and First Lady Margaret Kenyatta, in what was one of the biggest event in the region for honouring top performing gospel artists.

Below is the complete list of Groove Award Winners 2013;

MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Willy Paul

FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Grace Muliro

GROUP OF THE YEAR
BMF

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR / GROUP OF THE YEAR
Bahati

SONG OF THE YEAR
Appointment- Jimmy Gait

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Conquerer - Joyce Omondi

After Successful Launch of Ingwe TV, Expect BAQE TV

On Wednesday Kenyan Premier League side AFC Leopards unveiled Ingwe TV to become the first local club to launch its own television network.

In the deal sealed by Wananchi Group's Zuku TV, the Kenyan elite club will receive Sh23million in a span of three years with Sh8 million going directly to the club and the remaining going into production work for the TV network, airing on Zuku Sports.

Zuku has more plans for the Kenyan sports scene with the yet to be launched BAQE TV, a sports magazine show that will be hosted by Eagle Wing's starlet Silalei Shani and artiste DNG.

Complete List of Groove Awards 2013 Nominees

Safaricom in partnership with Mo Sound Entertainment has unveiled this year’s Groove Awards’ nominees at the National Museum of Kenya.

Here are the nominees for the region's biggest gospel music awards:

Female Artist of the Year

1. Eunice Njeri
2. Gloria Muliro
3. Hellena Ken
4. Jemimmah Thiongoh
5. Mercy D’ Lai
6. Mercy Wairegi

Male Artist of the Year

1. DK Kwenye Beat
2. Eko Dydda
3. Jimmy Gait
4. Kevoyout
5. Kris Eh Baba
6. Willy Paul

Collabo of the Year

1.  Holiday - Hope Kid & Altermin Dancers
2.  Kando - Gloria Muliro Ft. Everlyne
3. Kofi Yoo - Masterpiece ft. D.K Kwenye Beat & Cabassa
4.  Mbona - DaddyOwen Ft. Dennoh
5.  Sitolia - Willy Paul & Gloria Muliro
6.  Wanajua - Pitson & Mwenye Haki

Audio Producer Of The Year:

1. Bizzy B
2. Dr Eddie
3. Dede
4. Jacky B
5. Saint P
6. Teddy B

Golden Climate: International Environmental Project Olympiad

Date: 2-3rd May, 2013
Time: 8AM
Venue: Light Academy, Nairobi
Live Coverage on KTN TV

Golden Climate is an international environmental project competition organized by Light Academy and Wananchi Online's Zuku. 100 schools from 20 countries are expected to participate and generate solutions to contemporary environmental problems.

For more details visit http://www.goldenclimate.com/

2013 Millennium Development Goals Awards Winners

Kenya Red Cross award for MDG1 for its contribution in Eradicating Extreme Poverty & Hunger

The 2013 Millennium Development Goals Awards took place yesterday evening at the Crowne Plaza - Upper hill.

Several individuals and institutions were recognized for their outstanding contributions in driving the achievement of the eight MDG goals through their core programmes.

The Kenya Red Cross was awarded the  MDG1 for its contribution in Eradicating Extreme Poverty & Hunger as well as the MDG3 for Reducing child mortality rates and MDG7 Ensuring Environmental Sustainability award.

VipaG: Launch you music career with 1 million Bob

The biggest gospel music talent search of its kind, to have been organized in East and Central Africa is here with us. With the winner expected to walk away with a grand prize of 1 million shillings.

Dubbed VipaG, the auditions are open to aspiring gospel singers, rappers, spoken word artists, bands, dance crews,choirs and praise & worship teams.

The show has no age limits. Registration for audition is on going, and audition registration forms can be found at www.vipagshow.com.

The deadline for registrations is 15th May 2013. Auditions will be held in Nairobi, from the 24th to 26th May 2013. During auditions, the participants will undergo training which will cover areas such as copyright and contract laws, branding as well as how to turn music into a business

Alusa Nominated for an Emmy Award

Renown Kenyan actor, Melvin Alusa has been nominated for an international Emmy Award.

The versatile actor who is a regular on both TV and film, starred in 'The Rugged Priest' and 'The First Grader', where he acted alongside English actress Naomi Harris.

CNN Multichoice African Journalist of the Year 2013

CNN International and MultiChoice last week officially launched the 2013 CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards.

During last years awards ceremony held in Zambia, Citizen TVs Tom Mboya and Evanson Nyaga bagged the prestigious award for their work ‘African Tribe in India’.

Journalists who are interested in entering this year’s competition have until 17th April 2013 to send in their completed entry forms and supporting material.

For more details visit http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/africanawards/submit.html

Big Brother Africa Auditions from Friday at KICC

M-Net has announced that Big Brother Africa Season 8 auditions for shortlisted candidates in Kenya will take place at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (K.I.C.C) on Friday 15 March to Sunday 17 March from 09:00.

For those who missed the opportunity to enter online or submit the entry at their nearest MultiChoice office, will be allowed to enter through the open auditions by filling in entry forms and submitting them at the KICC on the day of the auditions.

Kenya Bags 3 Awards at Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, AMVCA

Kenya managed three awards at the inaugural Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) that took place on Saturday night at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos, Nigeria.

Editorial cartoonist Godfrey Mwampembwa and  Marie Lora clinched the best television series for their hilarious political satire show, The XYZ Show with Maureen Koech of KTN's Lies That Bind taking home best supporting actress. Ngendo Mukii of the short-film Yellow Fever bagged the best short film award. 

Here is the complete list of 2013 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) winners:

Chemngorem Feted at DSTV Eutelsat Star Award

MultiChoice Kenya GM Danny Mucira presents a laptop to Eva Chemngorem during the 2012 DStv Eutelsat Star Awards

Eva Chemngorem, a year 12 student at International School of Kenya bagged the best poster award during the 2012 DSTV Eutelsat Star Awards. Her entry “Africa united through satellites” beat ten thousand entries from across the continent to become the first Kenyan to win the prestigious award.  

MCK's Second Annual Journalists Excellence Awards

The Media Council of Kenya’s second Annual Journalists Excellence Awards (AJEA) will take place on 4th May 2013 as part of celebrations to mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day. The annual awards seek to promote professionalism in the practice of journalism in Kenya with respect to Vision 2030.

The Council invites all Kenyan journalists to submit work published or broadcast in the local media within the last year, including up to 15th March 2013.

Photos: Stage Set for Kenya Presidential Debate

The stage is set for the long-awaited presidential debate that will have over 40 million people following on radio, TV and online.

The first-ever debate will take place Tomorrow at Brookhouse International School.

Quick Facts on the Debate

44 million anticipated audience

 100 million cost of the debate in shillings

 5,000 list of questions already received from voters

 8 presidential candidates to participate
7 pm the time debate starts
200 number of audience at the venue from all sectors

5 pm the time members of the audience to arrive at the venue

Churchill Show Live Recording at Carnivore

Award-winning Kenyan TV show Churchill Live is back, and the first show of the season will have its live recording on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at the Carnivore Restaurant.

As usual, Classic 105's Daniel 'Churchill' Ndambuki will host the show that has helped launch the careers of many comedians including that of Eric Omondi, MC Jesee, Ayeiya -poa poa and JB Masanduku.

7 Nominations for Kenya at Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards

A screen shot from The XYZ Show  

Kenya has 7 nominees in the inaugural Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards (AMVCAs) set for Lagos, Nigeria from March 8th to 9th.

Nigeria and South Africa lead the pack with majority of the slots, while Kenya is represented with KTN TV drama series Lies that Bind, The XYZ Show, Makutano Junction and Thesis Film Yellow Fever.

The awards sponsored by MultiChoice and headline sponsor Amstel Malta received 110 Nominees from 43 different countries.

Here are the Kenyan Nominees:

Kenya's 7s House of Pain Training Program

Watch this feature on the national seven-a-side team training session, dubbed 'House of Pain' done by Kiss TV's Michelle Katami.

During the session, head coach Mike Friday monitors the players as they do a combination of energy-sapping exercises and ball handling skills.

International Acclaim for Tales from the Bush Larder Show

Tales from the Bush Larder, Kenyan culinary adventures of  internationally-renowned chef Kiran Jethwa has entered into a deal with Fox International Channels (FIC). The deal will see FIC acquire global distribution rights for the popular TV show.

The show which traverses the country for traditional and exotic ingredients has been airing exclusively on Zuku TV's Zuku Afrika  since the 6th of September and is expected to be released on FIC's leading lifestyle channel 24Kitchen.

FIC owns the Tales from the Bush Larder’s exclusive Pay-TV rights for worldwide distribution, excluding North America and Africa where Zuku will be in-charge of the distribution.

Don't miss this exciting show airing every Thursday at 8:30pm on Zuku Afrika channel 100.

2013 Kenya Presidential Debate Slated for February 11th

Six presidential candidates will face off in a live televised debate on Monday February 11, 2013 at the Brookhouse International School.

The six include Raila Odinga (Coalition for Reforms and Democracy), Uhuru Kenyatta (Jubilee),  Musalia Mudavadi (Amani), Martha Karua (Narc-Kenya), and James Ole Kiyiapi (Restore and Build Kenya) and Peter Kenneth (Eagle).