Nigerian music
heavy-weight, 2face Idibia is expected to set the Agege Township Stadium alight
this Sunday, September 22nd, 2013, for the Closing Ceremony of the Airtel Rising
Stars Africa Championship.
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.
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.
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