By Tunrayo Ilesanmi
Following the launch of bridgeAFRIC in Malawi, the music company in collaboration with Jacobs Event have signed Malawian gospel artist Rudo Chakwera.
The signing is coming as the Malawian singer is set to release her new project entitled ‘Victory.’
The president of BridgeAFRIC, Victoria Nkong, was recently seen in Zimbabwe alongside the CEO of Jacobs Event, Wendy Harawa, and Chakwera, who is also the daughter-in-law to the President of Malawi.
Nkong, had stated, during the launch of BridgeAFRIC, that the vision is to connect artists and creatives across the continent and ensure that their art crosses borders.
The BridgeAFRIC team have been spotted in the studio with some of Zimbabwe’s biggest artists and even some American gospel artists.
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Chakwera, who is popularly referred to as the songbird, was born to Malawi’s iconic Jazz artist Isaac Mkukupa. She started singing as soon as she could talk and rose to fame in Malawi’s music industry in 1999 when she recorded her first album featuring the famous ‘Ndine Mwana Wamasiye.’
The songbird has performed on different platforms as a solo artist backed by her father’s 3-man outfit known as ‘Touch of Class.’
She holds a position in Malawi’s Musicians body National Executive Committee, but has also served her country through various artistic positions as board member for the Copyright Society of Malawi and board member for Channel for All Nations radio.
