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The popular singing competition show, Tusker Project Fame, ended its sixth season last night and Irakoze Hope from Burundi took home the big bucks and the crown. When it came down to the wire, the vote was either Kenya’s dynamic duo Josh and Amos or Burundian Hope. The announcement of the winner was met with jubilation and disappointment as the two acts have steadily gained a cult following over the 8 weeks. Daisy came in third, Tanzanian Hisia took the 4th position with Kenyan Nyambura taking the fifth. “The #SamsungTwitterParty is back! Get ready to party the night away come…

Demonstrating its commitment to offering its employees the opportunity to grow and experience new challenges, Emirates has announced several management changes in its commercial operations team within Africa. The new appointments will enable five former graduates of Emirates’ dedicated UAE National Management Programme to take on new challenges across the region. ”These moves reinforce our commitment to the long term career development of our employees” said Hubert Frach, Emirates’ Divisional Senior Vice President Commercial Operations West. “Market dynamics vary in every one of our destinations creating a unique working environment and offering our Country Managers the opportunity to broaden their…

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Those sound like fightin’ words! Adrienne Bailon kept things, well, real, on her daytime talk show The Real this week when the roundtable discussion turned to troubled former child stars. Bailon, who came to fame through her band 3LW and Disney Channel’s “The Cheetah Girls,” immediately jumped into the conversation by dissing “Ooh La La” singer Britney Spears, calling her the “pop princess who had the ultimate meltdown.” “Britney Spears needs to call Miley’s stylist ASAP,” the feisty talk show host said, as the now-infamous image of Spears shaving her own head popped up on the screen. But Bailon’s snarky quips didn’t end there. “The…

Eight technology giants, including Google and Microsoft, have started a public campaign to limit government surveillance of users, The New York Times reports. The companies — Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Twitter, AOL, LinkedIn, and Yahoo —published an open letter in national newspapers and opened a website atreformgovernmentsurveillance.com (which, curiously, doesn’t work at the time of this writing). In the letter, the Reform Government Surveillance group is calling for the U.S. President and Congress to limit surveillance of people, as it “undermines” their freedoms. “The #SamsungTwitterParty is back! Get ready to party the night away come 19th December at Zone 7 with fellow tweeps. Entrance is 15,000shs. Call…

Meltdown alert! Selena Gomez didn’t have the best night at KIIS FM’s 2013 Jingle Ball. The 21-year-old star got held up during her performance on stage when her audio and mic malfunctioned. Her reaction? The “Slow Down” singer dropped the f-bomb and later walked off stage before finishing her set. See more pics of Selena here. “Sorry, the sound isn’t working!” Gomez was heard yelled to the crowd. “Are you guys having a good night? I promise, a lot cooler people are gonna come out tonight,” Gomez continued. “Is it okay if I perform two more songs and you guys can get to it?” “The #SamsungTwitterParty is…

Samsung has already revealed its intentions about focussing on the tablet segment in the coming year. Now, a new report claims the South Korean major might launch its most affordable Galaxy tablet yet, believed to be called the Galaxy Tab 3 Lite, in January next year. Sammobile in a report has claimed that a new tablet rumoured to be called the Galaxy Tab 3 Lite with model number SM-T11 is in the works and that it would be priced at 100 euros, roughly translating to Rs. 8,500. “The #SamsungTwitterParty is back! Get ready to party the night away come 19th December…

Thousands of fans, some driving souped-up cars, converged in Southern California on Sunday at the site of actor Paul Walker’s death, paying tribute to the “Fast and Furious” star and a friend who were killed in a fiery crash two weeks ago. The unusual public memorial took the form of a car rally, with drivers filing slowly past the spot in Santa Clarita, where Walker, 40, and Roger Rodas, 38, died on November 30. Rodas, the owner of a local auto dealership and racing services company, was behind the wheel of a Porsche Carrera GT with Walker in the passenger…

Milutin Micho Sredojevic satisfied with Uganda’s performance despite their Cecafa Cup quarterfinal exit. The Cranes failed to defend their title after losing 3-2 on post-match penalties to Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro Stars on Saturday afternoon in the first quarterfinal played at the Mombasa National Stadium. “I cannot say I am bitter because we failed to defend the title. I am rather happy with the way the players conducted themselves and also responded to situations as they prepare for the 2014 Africa nations Championship,” Micho told MTNFootball.com in an exclusive interview on Saturday night. “The #SamsungTwitterParty is back! Get ready to party the night away come 19th December at Zone 7 with…

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood has a long history with Nelson Mandela, whose life story was seemingly made for the big screen — and stars and filmmakers have lined up to pay tribute to him. By mere chance, his death on Thursday was announced during the London premiere of “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,” the movie version of his 1994 autobiography that took 19 years to come to fruition. Morgan Freeman, who played the South African leader in Clint Eastwood’s Oscar-nominated 2009 film “Invictus,” called Mandela “one of the true giants of the past century. “The #SamsungTwitterParty is back! Get ready…