Nigerian stars Rema and Davido were the top winners at the 2023 Trace Awards held in Kigali, on Saturday, October 21, but hosts, Rwanda, also won big for their superb hosting of the new awards franchise created by Trace, a global TV and multimedia platform.
Rwanda hosted the inaugural awarding ceremony and festival that celebrated the creativity, talent, and influence of African and Afro-influenced musicians.After a colorful awarding event of awarding 22 winning artists in different categories, out of a pool of more than 150 nominees from more than 30 countries, the winners were hosted by President Paul Kagame at Village Urugwiro, on October 22.
Emerance Bwiza, a Rwandan music artist who also performed at the Trace Awards ceremony told Kagame that the music industry is doing its best and pledged that she is going to make the country proud. Nomcebo Zikode, a South African singer and songwriter, sang her famous Jerusalema song along with other artists and proceeded to sing birthday wishes to the Head of State.Kagame told the artistes to feel at home in Rwanda, while lauding the global music powerhouse and Afro-music tastemaker, Trace, for being a channel of expression and the best gift for any people, and any part of society.
The inaugural Trace Awards included performances by approximately 50 Africa and Afro-inspired artists from around the world, including Davido, Yemi Alade, Mr Eazi, Burna Boy and Diamond Platnumz.
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