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 Heritier Bahizi
Heritier Bahizi
Revelers inside Depot37 at Mundi Center, where JABA’s Afrofuturistic music experience will take over this Saturday. COURTESY.
Weekend plans? Here’s what’s on in Kigali
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Star poet Junior Rumaga leads the stage at Siga Siga Sira poetry night at KCEV on Friday, January 31-courtesy
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As the 2025 season of the Rwanda Basketball League (RBL) tips off on Friday, January 24, discover six other exciting spots to be this weekend in Kigali. PHOTO BY Dan Gatsinzi.
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L-R Sandrine Isheja returns, Tems’ Kigali concert, South Sudan’s social media ban, Fresh Kid’s exam success, and Mackinlay’s trumpet record bid.
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Juno Kizigenza pledges Rwf 1million to empower creative talents at Sherrie Silver Foundation
John Legend, the critically acclaimed EGOT-winning artist and producer, who will headline the highly anticipated Global Citizen tour at BK Arena on February 21. Courtesy 
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From Tems’ upcoming Kigali show to Diamond Platnumz’s wedding plans and TikTok’s brief shutdown—here’s your weekly roundup of the hottest lifestyle highlights.
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Rappers Thedicekid and Kid from Kigali lit up the stage at Sofar's inaugural Beats & Bars session. Don’t miss its return this weekend at Mundi Center’s Depot37. COURTESY
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holding the Project Digits computer onstage at CES 2025.
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Getty Images announced on Tuesday its plans to merge with rival Shutterstock in a $3.7 billion deal.
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A Day in Paris brunch at The Hut Restaurant, organized by The Core IV, a team of four young women entrepreneurs, brings the romance of French cuisine and culture to Kigali this Sunday, January 5. COURTESY
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Israel Mbonyi proudly represents Rwanda as the sole nominee at the 2025 Trace Awards, set to celebrate Afro-urban music and culture in Zanzibar. COURTESY
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Revelers at a past Icyumba Cy’Amategeko concert. The organizers return this Friday with Icyumba cya Rap.
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