1"Congrats"
at Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:01by Admin
at Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:01by Admin
Congrats R-Kay. You deserve it. Any ideas on what R-Kay should do with the £7,500?
| R-KAY TAKES 2008 IYME AWARD |
| Sun, 22 Jun 2008 | ||||||
Producer Robert ‘R-Kay’ Kamanzi was on Friday 20th June named winner of the International Young Music Entrepreneur 2008 at a ceremony in London edging out competitors from Poland, Nigeria, Colombia, Estonia, India, Jordan, Lithuania, Malaysia, and Venezuela. The award was presented by Cherie Booth, wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. R-Kay won a prize fund of £7,500 to be spent on a project to be developed with the British Council. Ten finalists were selected by participating British Council Offices across the globe to compete for the 2008 Award. This is part of the Council’s efforts to develop young entrepreneurs working in the music industry in emerging markets, recognizing their creative, entrepreneurial and leadership abilities. R-Kay is also the CEO of Moja Entertainment Ltd.
IYME judge, John Dyer, of Domino Recording Ltd, read out the citation prepared by the judges for Kamanzi: "Robert demonstrates outstanding discipline and tenacity. He is a passionate advocate for the power of music, and has the capacity to act as an advocate across business, social, educational and political perspectives. He also showed a real commitment to his region. He is an award winning music producer, with a proven track record as both an entrepreneur and as a champion for the development of the music industry in Kenya."
In her speech, Cherie commented on the awards programme “I’ve watched these awards develop over the past five years. It has been wonderful to see the connections between young creative entrepreneurs grow, to hear about them collaborating and trading.” For the third year in a row the award has gone to Africa, previous winners have come from Morocco and Nigeria. The judges have previously made special commendations to finalists from India and Indonesia. Early in January 2008, R-Kay and a couple of his friends formed the Wakenya Pamoja peace project in the aftermath of the 2007 General Election violence. They released the self titled single and video that featured dozens of local artists uniting in song and appealing for peace. KenyanGospel.com teamed up with Wakenya Pamoja in a effort to raise money for victims of the post election violence and helped raise a couple of hundreds of dollars through the sale of the single and video on the site. Download the single on our downloads page. Wakenya Pamoja on US National Radio What we first reported on the video Wakenya Pamoja Concert pics Part I Wakenya Pamoja Concert pics Part II Wakenya Pamoja Making the Video pics
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2"KUDOS"
at Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:46by Duncan R-Kay who ever doubted......you deserve even more and bigger....glery to God
3"artist"
at Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:11by profesa micjat u r going places men cheers!another level wht r u if not a role model but shud i say..... credit whr its due au sio BIG UP!
4"*clappin' hands*"
at Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:12by Black Cat Mazee hii ndiyo na ita maendeleo. Keep up the Good Work. Thanx for making us Kenyans PROUD and FAMOUS!!
5"Proud of u!!"
at Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:49by shiro Barbz Hey Bro!! congrats of ur winning!! God bless u sana!!!!
6Comment
at Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:10by enochmusyoki Congrats! May God BLESS and keep you. you deserve the award.CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
7Comment
at Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:46by gospel fathers and jogg-c maze r kay sio uwongo maze you desereve that and as part f the artists in kenya we appreciate you and clebrate with you
8"TO GOD BE THE GLORY"
at Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:22by Monix R-Kay you deserve it and may the Almighty God take u to even higher grounds.This wat God can do guys if we focus on Him.We're proud of u as christians.Baraka Kibao!!!
9Comment
at Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:05by jonte congrats bro!!!!
10"Producer"
at Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:44by Rkay Glory to God! I am honored and humbled at what God has done with me and for me. I seek to remain his humble servant! Thank you guys for the encouragement! Baraka
11"R-Kay"
at Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:53by Zephaniah Onchonga We as your Church members- Parkland Baptist Church prayed for your success, and you inspire many youths in our Church, Country and beyond. We pray for your increase as we endeavor to build training for up-coming artists to emulate you and take your footsteps, to rise above Mediocrity and embrase success,knowing that everything is possible for them that trust in the Lord. Seek Ye First then all other Things shall be added unto you.
12"R-Kay"
at Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:53by Zephaniah Onchonga We as your Church members- Parkland Baptist Church prayed for your success, and you inspire many youths in our Church, Country and beyond. We pray for your increase as we endeavor to build training for up-coming artists to emulate you and take your footsteps, to rise above Mediocrity and embrace success,knowing that everything is possible for them that trust in the Lord. Seek Ye First then all other Things shall be added unto you.
13"BIG UPS"
at Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:08by Tismo Manze Big ups bro, u deserve it for real.May God continue using u the more to impact the lifes of many young people and the young at heart too.
14"cograts"
at Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:13by nyc Those who bliv in God wont walk out barehanded cograts brother may God kip blesing u for ur humbleness
15"Glory to God"
at Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:32by Ben That's great bro. Keep it up. May God increase you more for tha bible says "he raises the humble and brings down the proud" You deserve more raising but you've to keep going down as you have always done. God bless you.
16"student"
at Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:16by Nyokabi Congratulations R KAY, you have used your God given talent in a very positive way. Baraka kibao and we are surely waiting for more!!!
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