Gengetone music group and sheng masters Mbogi Genje scooped the music Group of The Year award at the 2020 Pan African Kisima Awards, beating celebrated afro-pop band Sauti Sol.
The theme was “Reawakening the soul, spirit, and vibrancy of the African music and film industry."
Birthed in 2019 and currently the heart of Kenya's music industry, Gengetone was recognized in this year's event.
Mbogi Genje who are also the Ngumi Mbwegze hitmakers were nominated alongside, Sauti Sol, Diamond (Tanzania), Meddy (Burundi) and Daddy Andre (Uganda) and their win surprised many.
The group thanked their fans as they expressed their excitement on the win. They acknowledged their fans as their biggest strength and urged them to continue with the support.
Militan, a group member said, “When we saw that we had been nominated alongside this big names we got very excited because this is part of the dream we have been waiting for. This shows that our music is making history. We aim to even get a nomination for the BET Awards in the near future.”
Sauti Sol still represented by winning the Album of the Year award for Midnight Train. Simi from Nigeria won the Song of the Year Award with her song Duduke. She also won the Female artist/ Group of the year Africa.
Kisima Music and Film Awards made its come-back this year after a seven-year break. It is one of Kenya’s oldest annual talent awards program.
With Nation Media Group as the official media partner, the 2020 Pan African Kisima Awards ceremony was held on Friday, December 13 at the Sarit Centre in Nairobi.
Devolution Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa graced the event and pointed out that the Kisima Music and Film Awards ceremony was timely especially this time as the world battles Covid-19.
“We are fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and the Government will continue to support talent development across the country and the continent," Wamalwa said.
Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) CEO Ezekiel Mutua was also in attendance. He awarded Sh1 million to Zamaradi Media, creators, producers and multi-platform distributors of quality African entertainment content.
According to the KFCB boss, KFCB has played a major role in ensuring Zamaradi Media promotes child-friendly content and encouraging compliance with content regulation and procedures including adherence to film licensing and classification guidelines.
Kenyan film 40 Sticks which is currently streaming on Netflix scooped four awards at the annual awards ceremony. A day prior, the film had scooped nine wins at the Kalasha International Film and TV Awards gala.
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