Also the youngest Nigerian non-inheritor millionaire and winner of the inaugural edition of the Nigeria’s Got Talent (NGT) Television show, Amarachi Uyanne, and the first runner up of the NGT competition, violinist, Godwin Strings are slated to perform at this event. Continue...
Big
Brother Africa – The Chase Housemates, Melvin Oduah and Beverly Osu will also
add colour to the occasion as they storm the venue of the championship to
support talented kids drawn from 16 African countries. Meanwhile, Arsenal
legend, Robert Pires, has also confirmed his attendance of the closing event.
He will arrive Nigeria on Saturday, September 21 for the Grand finale. Continue...
Nigeria’s topnotch songster, 2face will light up the stage and take excitement to a higher level as he performs hits from his rich repertoire of songs while Amarachi Uyanne and Godwin Strings will also relive moments of the maiden edition of the NGT show as they perform to thrill guests with what some enthusiasts have dubbed avant-garde entertainment.
This year’s edition
of the ARS kicked off Monday at the Agege Township Stadium with host Nigeria
recording respective victories in the opening group matches against Kenya female
and DRC male teams.
The Airtel Rising
Stars Africa Championship, which kicked off on Monday, is part of the Airtel
Rising Stars programme, a soccer talent initiative that has focused on
identifying and nurturing soccer talent.
Broadcast by
SuperSport and Canal Plus, the Airtel football competition provides the perfect
platform to spot top soccer talents from the continent.
Over 600 aspiring
footballers travelled to Lagos to participate in the Airtel Rising Stars Africa
Championship. The countries that are participating are - Kenya, Tanzania,
Madagascar, Malawi, Ghana, Zambia, Gabon, DRC, Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo
Brazzaville, Uganda, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda and Sierra Leone.
Segun Ogunsanya,
the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Airtel Nigeria, said:
"Airtel has signed broadcasting pact with SuperSport and Canal Plus to
ensure that young aspiring footballers get the Pan African media exposure they
deserve. Fans across the continent have the opportunity to view the dazzling
skills of these extremely talented players."
Mr. Ogunsanya
confirmed that as part of its partnership with DSTV’s sports channel,
SuperSport, the Boys and Girls final matches will be broadcast live on Sunday
September 22nd.
The best players of
the tournament will participate in football clinics under the supervision of
the best coaches of the Arsenal FC and Manchester United soccer schools. The
clinics will be held in April 2014 in Lagos (Nigeria) and Lubumbashi
(Democratic Republic of Congo).
The Airtel Rising
Stars Africa U-17 soccer tournament is a unique pan-African initiative of
Airtel Africa designed to create a pool of talents to feed the national
football teams of African countries.
