Tales of a mechanical engineer turned musician
According to Omer Isingizwe alias Mirenge, 50% of young people don’t chase after their dreams but instead settle for what is convenient even when it doesn’t fully satisfy their desires. Although he holds a Bachelors Degree in mechanical engineering from ‘Ecole de Kabgayi’, re-known YouTuber: Mirenge TV and CEO Trace music Rwanda chose ‘passion’ over […]
Rwanda Clothing Ltd: Redefining Fashion and Empowering Women through Local Production
Rwanda Clothing Ltd is a success story that began in 2012 with Joselyne Umutoniwase’s vision of providing well-tailored and customized clothing made in Rwanda by Rwandans. From just two tailors, the company has grown into a team of over 45 full-time employees and 50 part-time employees from different women’s associations, especially for the home décor […]
Rwanda to host the 2023 ‘African Heritage Awards’
To be launched on 1st, April, 2023 at Kigali Marriott Hotel, the African Heritage Awards will showcase the diversity and uniqueness of African culture. According to Heritage Times(HT) the official organizers of the awards, the concert is an opportunity to value and appreciate Africans from various walks of life who have done extraordinary work for […]
Ben Affleck to release a movie about “Air Jordan” shoes
Benjamin Geza Affleck known in the movie as ‘Ben Affleck’ is set to release a movie portraying the history of the production of ‘Air Jordan’ shoes. Titled ‘Air’, the movie is directed by Affleck and written by Alex Convery; it tells the story of Nike’s pursuit to sign Michael Jordan and rescue the shoe and […]
Amapiano creator “Costa Titch” dies during performance
Well known for his ‘Amapiano’ melody, Costantino Tsobanoglou aka Costa Titch passed away on 11th, March, 2023 while performing at the Ultra South Africa festival in Johannesburg. Biography Costantino Tsobanoglou was born in 1995 in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga-South Africa. He started off as a dancer before breaking through to the musical scene with his hit song […]
Music runs in my family: Shemi
Gibril Shema Mico commonly known as ‘Shemi’ is an ‘upcoming’ Rwandan artiste who got his breakthrough from his single ‘Peace of mind’ that he released early this year. Although the music industry got to know about him just recently, Shemi has been singing for a while; a passion he says was inspired by his uncle […]
Learning culture through dance
“I learnt about my culture both theoretically and practically through dancing; I realized that it is out behavior, our lifestyle and a thing to be proud of“, Ngendo Aubin-traditional dancer. From when he was five years, Aubin and his siblings held dance rehearsals at home aimed at entertaining relatives during family gatherings. Its from those […]
If you dream it, you can achieve it
Ever since she was little, Muna Kelechi had an incredible passion for fashion, she would spend hours creating doll clothes and dreaming about starting her own clothing business. When she earned her degree in fashion, Muna started working as an assistant designer for a fashion firm near her home. Although her job was paying well […]
Rwandans should support their own music
If you have been to a club, party or any event where music is played; most of the time ‘foreign’ music takes the highest percentage on the playlist not because there are no local artistes with good music, but because DJ’s claim to be playing the ‘people’s favorites’ which in this case is music from […]
From ‘International Relations’ to Journalism-Aimee Mushashi
Its not news any more when one studies something but then choose to do something else: ‘Passion over Professionalism’; after-all, we are told each day to ‘do what we like so that we don’t have to work a single day’. Graduating from University of Rwanda(UR) with a Bachelors Degree in ‘International Relations’ didn’t imply that […]
