ENTERTAINMENT

Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Kezi Leo, the fast-rising Afropop and Rnb Artist is a Ugandan artist taking the scene by storm. On Friday, he dropped his new love song named “Gwe Nalonda” which was inspired by actual occurrences in his life Gwe Nalonda” is a Luganda phrase that …

Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | On 19th August this year, Uganda’s sensational songbird and Tooro princess Julian Kanyomozi will be live in concert at the Kampala Serena hotel. Currently, she is having utmost rehearsals with the best band and is ready to rock her die-hard fans with an exhilarating performance. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has temporarily banned live music concerts in schools. In a circular addressed to both public and private schools, Jane Egau Okuo, the acting Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Educatio, says that they have temporarily banned artists from staging shows …

Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | YOTV Channels has unveiled a new state-of-the-art redesigned video streaming app. The new app expands its current offering from a few options to a large variety of live and video-on-demand content covering over 60 live TV channels, over 50 live radio stations, over 140 artists …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nigerian artist Adekunle Almoruf Kosoko, known professionally as Adekunle Gold on 15th July visited International University in East Africa (IUEA) to meet and greet the students and talk about his music career. The singer who was in the country to headline the return of the Club …

Los Angeles, U.S. | Xinhua | Former U.S. President Barack Obama earned a nomination Tuesday for the 74th Emmy Awards for Netflix’s documentary series “Our Great National Parks.” The 44th U.S. President will compete for outstanding narrator in the biggest event of the year for U.S. television, along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar …

Jinja, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Last weekend was very lit with events, but the archetypal party lovers and animals flocked Jinja for Swangz Avenue’s Roast and Rhyme’s Nyam on the Nile edition. As it was away from Kampala’s dust and traffic jam, they threw on their favourite party outfits …

Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | Sony Music artist Vinka on Friday released her monster track titled One Bite. The addictive and upbeat “One Bite” was produced by TON and mastered by Swangz Avenue’s producer Steve Keys. The song immediately featured on the Apple New Music Daily playlist earmarked as a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Meat Carnival (EAMC), a quarterly event hosted by The Gardens, is set to return this month for Season II on June 25, at the Uganda Museum. Top corporate firms have come together to support the event. They include, Nile Breweries, Stanbic FlexiPay, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Club Pilsener’s Campus themed Club Dome is back in its 6th year bigger, better and more lit after a two-year hiatus. Club Dome which targets campusers and young millennials in tertiary institutions of learning will kick off in Kampala in July this year at the …