2Face to Perform at ARS Championship Closing

Nigerian music heavy-weight, 2face
Idibia is expected to set the Agege
Township Stadium alight this Sunday,
September 22nd, 2013, for the Closing
Ceremony of the Airtel Rising Stars
Africa Championship.
Also the youngest Nigerian non-
inheritor millionaire and winner of the
inaugural edition of the Nigeria’s Got
Talent (NGT) Television show,
Amarachi Uyanne, and the first runner
up of the NGT competition, violinist,
Godwin Strings are slated to perform at
this event.
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Housemates, Melvin Oduah and Beverly
Osu will also add colour to the occasion
as they storm the venue of the
championship to support talented kids
drawn from 16 African countries.
Meanwhile, Arsenal legend, Robert
Pires, has also confirmed his
attendance of the closing event. He will
arrive Nigeria on Saturday, September
21 for the Grand finale. Continue...
Nigeria’s topnotch songster, 2face will
light up the stage and take excitement
to a higher level as he performs hits
from his rich repertoire of songs while
Amarachi Uyanne and Godwin Strings
will also relive moments of the maiden
edition of the NGT show as they
perform to thrill guests with what some
enthusiasts have dubbed avant-garde
entertainment.
This year’s edition of the ARS kicked off
Monday at the Agege Township Stadium
with host Nigeria recording respective
victories in the opening group matches
against Kenya female and DRC male
teams.
The Airtel Rising Stars Africa
Championship, which kicked off on
Monday, is part of the Airtel Rising
Stars programme, a soccer talent
initiative that has focused on identifying
and nurturing soccer talent.
Broadcast by SuperSport and Canal
Plus, the Airtel football competition
provides the perfect platform to spot top
soccer talents from the continent.
Over 600 aspiring footballers travelled
to Lagos to participate in the Airtel
Rising Stars Africa Championship. The
countries that are participating are -
Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Malawi,
Ghana, Zambia, Gabon, DRC, Burkina
Faso, Chad, Congo Brazzaville, Uganda,
Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda and Sierra
Leone.
Segun Ogunsanya, the Chief Executive
Officer and Managing Director of Airtel
Nigeria, said: "Airtel has signed
broadcasting pact with SuperSport and
Canal Plus to ensure that young
aspiring footballers get the Pan African
media exposure they deserve. Fans
across the continent have the
opportunity to view the dazzling skills of
these extremely talented players."
Mr. Ogunsanya confirmed that as part
of its partnership with DSTV’s sports
channel, SuperSport, the Boys and Girls
final matches will be broadcast live on
Sunday September 22nd.
The best players of the tournament will
participate in football clinics under the
supervision of the best coaches of the
Arsenal FC and Manchester United
soccer schools. The clinics will be held
in April 2014 in Lagos (Nigeria) and
Lubumbashi (Democratic Republic of
Congo).
The Airtel Rising Stars Africa U-17
soccer tournament is a unique pan-
African initiative of Airtel Africa
designed to create a pool of talents to
feed the national football teams of
African countries.