Famous African musician from DRC Papa Wemba, 2 Face Idibia from Nigeria, Tanzanian rapper Ambwene Yessaya ‘AY’ and Daddy Owen from Kenya are set to perform at the closing ceremony of the U17 African Pan-African champions – Airtel Rising Stars at the Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi on Saturday.
According to a statement released by the coordinators of the tournament, the musicians will start perfo
rming at noon whereby each artist will perform most preferred songs like..
African Queen and ‘If love is a crime’ by 2 Face, ‘Show me the way’, of Papa Wemba and ‘Bed n Breakfast,’ ‘Goodlook’ ‘freeze’ by AY.
The Airtel Rising Stars Pan-African tournament was launched on Monday, 20th August by the Kenyan’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga and 15 countries are participating. The final game will be broadcasted live on Super Sport.
The countries that are participating are – Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Malawi, Ghana, Zambia, Gabon, DRC, Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo Brazzaville, Uganda, Niger, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. And as we went to press, the Tanzania boys where trailing to 2-1 against Zambia in the last match of group stages.
If the results remain the same until the final whistle, it will mean the end of journey to the Tanzania team. The team lost 1-0 in the opening match against Gabon on Tuesday before settling to 1-1 with Burkina Faso on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Manchester United goalkeeping legend Peter Schmeichel is set to grace the finals of the Airtel Rising Stars African Championship in Nairobi on Saturday. Schmeichel has been bestowed with the honour of unveiling the most awaited list of players who have been selected to attend the prestigious Arsenal and Manchester United camp in the UK.
Airtel Africa vice president brand and media Achieng Butler told SuperSport.com that they were happy the initiative has been embraced by many stakeholders. “We have decided to bring top legends in order to motivate the youth who are also striving to reach the top in their football careers and we feel the initiative will go along way in ensuring the morale of the many youngsters both boys and girls is motivated by seeing their idols and footballers who have been successful more closely.”
The Dane is remembered for his being voted the best goalkeeper in 1992 and 1993 consecutively also leading Manchester united to the 1999 treble that saw them win the Premier League title ,The Uefa Champions League and the FA Cup.
The Airtel Africa championship were officially inaugurated on Monday by Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga at the City Stadium in Nairobi and the finals will be played at the same venue on Saturday. The Countries that have rolled out the Airtel Rising Stars include Tanzania, Burkina Faso, Chad, Republic of Congo (Congo Brazzaville), Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar, Nigeria, Niger, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zambia.
Airtel has two territorial partnership agreements with Arsenal and Manchester United Football Clubs. The two agreements bestow several rights to Airtel as the telecommunication partner in the selected markets. Key amongst the rights is the technical expertise provided by the two clubs at the Airtel Rising Stars soccer clinics. The clinics are run by respective club’s soccer schools programme.
According to a statement released by the coordinators of the tournament, the musicians will start perfo
rming at noon whereby each artist will perform most preferred songs like..
African Queen and ‘If love is a crime’ by 2 Face, ‘Show me the way’, of Papa Wemba and ‘Bed n Breakfast,’ ‘Goodlook’ ‘freeze’ by AY.
The Airtel Rising Stars Pan-African tournament was launched on Monday, 20th August by the Kenyan’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga and 15 countries are participating. The final game will be broadcasted live on Super Sport.
The countries that are participating are – Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Malawi, Ghana, Zambia, Gabon, DRC, Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo Brazzaville, Uganda, Niger, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. And as we went to press, the Tanzania boys where trailing to 2-1 against Zambia in the last match of group stages.
If the results remain the same until the final whistle, it will mean the end of journey to the Tanzania team. The team lost 1-0 in the opening match against Gabon on Tuesday before settling to 1-1 with Burkina Faso on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Manchester United goalkeeping legend Peter Schmeichel is set to grace the finals of the Airtel Rising Stars African Championship in Nairobi on Saturday. Schmeichel has been bestowed with the honour of unveiling the most awaited list of players who have been selected to attend the prestigious Arsenal and Manchester United camp in the UK.
Airtel Africa vice president brand and media Achieng Butler told SuperSport.com that they were happy the initiative has been embraced by many stakeholders. “We have decided to bring top legends in order to motivate the youth who are also striving to reach the top in their football careers and we feel the initiative will go along way in ensuring the morale of the many youngsters both boys and girls is motivated by seeing their idols and footballers who have been successful more closely.”
The Dane is remembered for his being voted the best goalkeeper in 1992 and 1993 consecutively also leading Manchester united to the 1999 treble that saw them win the Premier League title ,The Uefa Champions League and the FA Cup.
The Airtel Africa championship were officially inaugurated on Monday by Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga at the City Stadium in Nairobi and the finals will be played at the same venue on Saturday. The Countries that have rolled out the Airtel Rising Stars include Tanzania, Burkina Faso, Chad, Republic of Congo (Congo Brazzaville), Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar, Nigeria, Niger, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zambia.
Airtel has two territorial partnership agreements with Arsenal and Manchester United Football Clubs. The two agreements bestow several rights to Airtel as the telecommunication partner in the selected markets. Key amongst the rights is the technical expertise provided by the two clubs at the Airtel Rising Stars soccer clinics. The clinics are run by respective club’s soccer schools programme.
