3 African reality TV show hosts share their success stories on Glo-sponsored African Voices

Our Reporter

This week’s African Voices documentary on Cable News Network (CNN) promises to be an interesting watch as millions  of Nigerians observe  the government’s lockdown order  to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The programme , sponsored by telecoms giant, Globacom,  airs  on Saturday at 12.30 p.m., 5.30 p.m. and 8.30 p.m.  Other repeat broadcasts come up on Sunday at 5.00 a.m., 9.30 a.m. and 8.30 p.m., with more repeats on Monday and Tuesday at 5.30 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. respectively.

The week’s edition will showcase  the  stories of three young Africans who are making waves  through unique  reality television shows. The three amazing youths  are Nigeria’s  Seyi ‘Shedams’ Olusore and Olawunmi ‘Olah’ Oyedeji  and Kenya’s Patricia Gichinga.

Olusore  a    body-builder    is the brain behind  Nigeria’s first Weightloss Reality TV Show – The faSttest Shedder. He is also one of the show’s official trainers. He is expected to give viewers  a behind-the-scenes look at the 90-day intensive weight-loss show.

After   studying Computer Engineering at the Covenant University, Olusore went  into fitness training and became a Certified Health & Wellness Expert of Arizona State University and a Certified CPR/AED/First-Aid from the National CPR Foundation, USA.

Also showing    this weekend is Olawunmi Oyedeji, business development  manager, director, producer ,TV content creator and film maker. He is the creator of Nigeria’s ‘Try My Job’, a reality television show aimed at tackling social justice issues and unemployment using entertainment as a major tool. The programme is endorsed by the Lagos State Ministry of Wealth Creation and supported by Ford Foundation.

He is also the creator of Project Renew  which is focused on renewing the minds of the average Nigerian starting from the grassroots through a three-pronged program that includes seminars, skills acquisition and talent hunt.

The third guest on the programme is Patricia Gichinga, from Kenya who  is the Head Producer, Mediae, Kenya. She will talk about her farming TV reality show, Shamba Shape Up, East Africa’s leading agricultural TV program. It is a reality make-over show filmed on smallholder farms addressing the problems of the farmers in order to increase production and encourage farming as a business in Kenya and Tanzania. It reaches over 8 million households each week in English and Swahili.