4 November 2016

Nigeria: Bonang Matheba, Ahmed Soultan, Ika Jong to Host Afrima 2016

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AFRIMA unveils list of 2016 nominees.

The 2016 edition of the prestigious All Africa Music Award is set to hold on Sunday at Eko Hotels & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

To herald the ceremony, the African Union and the International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards, have unveiled hosts.

The hosts, who were drawn from the three majorly spoken languages in Africa namely English, French and Arabic- are Morocco's Ahmed Soultan, South Africa's Bonang Matheba and Congo's Ika Jang.

Soultan is a Moroccan music star and a two-time AFRIMA award winner.

He is a leader of the Moroccan Group, Nayda. Soultan is a multilingual artiste and celebrity;he speaks English, French, Portuguese and Arabic fluently.

He has performed at the GLO CAF Awards and he is also a nominee for one of the categories of AFRIMA 2016. His albums include 'Music Has No Boundaries' (2004), 'Tolerance' (2005) and 'Code' (2009).

Matheba, is a versatile South African media personality, who anchors the popular SABC 1 Music Live Show.

She is also a winner of the International Golden Horn Award for Best TV Presenter.

Jong is a multi-talented bilingual Congolese TV Broadcaster and celebrity. However, the Red Carpet hosts are Denola Grey, Denrele Edun, Hauwa AllahBura and Pam Happi.

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