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MultiChoice provides financial assistance to young content creators
Over R180m in support for more than 25 black-owned enterprises through its innovation fund since 2016, with eight new beneficiaries added this year.
By Palesa Mofokeng
20 May 2021 12:00
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Small businesses are vital to the countryâs economic growth, says the pay-TV provider. Image: Shutterstock
The past year witnessed an explosion in demand for online content as people were forced to stay âlockedâ up in their homes due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
MultiChoice responded by collaborating and empowering online content creators to scale up and meet the growing demand, with the MultiChoice Innovation Fund adding eight beneficiaries to its list, all black-majority-owned businesses â helping them to create 47 new jobs.
It feels like a lifetime ago when
Prince Kaybee came onto the South African scene in 2015 winning the music reality show,
1 s and 2 s. Since then he has become one of South Africa s favourite artists.
Moreso in 2020, Prince Kaybee made Barack Obama s favourite songs of the year playlist with his single Uwrongo featuring
Shimza, Black Motion and
Ami Faku
, a song about reconciliation which has gone platinum. He also recently received platinum plaques for singles Fetch Your Life, Club Controlla, Banomoya, and Gugulethu from his third album Re
Mmino.
When asked about it he mentions not wanting to celebrate history and focuse on the present. However, with the announcement of Fetch Your Life being featured on the official