There are new faces to the show formerly known as “Moments With Mo”. The show has rebranded with spin offs in Kenya, South Africa, Ghana. More photo after cut...
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The official statement:
As EbonyLife TV clocks 2 on July 1st, the channel has perfected plans to launch spin-offs of Moments with Mo in key countries across the continent in a move that is aimed at consolidating and reinforcing the position of the talk show, which has become famous as Africa’s first and only syndicated daily Talk Show, as the true pan African leader in the talk genre.
The Moments with Mo spin-off will be launched simply as Moments and will closely mirror Moments with Mo in structure and style. However, Moments with Mo, hosted exclusively by Africa’s Queen of Chat herself, Mo Abudu, still remains on air across the continent and on cable TV in the United Kingdom but will now appear occasionally for only a limited number of VIP interviews.
Radio and Television personality, Toke Makinwa, burst onto the scene in 2010 after the premiere of her late night radio show, “Rhythms of the Night,” hosted by one of the most popular music stations in the Lagos Metropolitan area, Rhythm 93.7FM.
Moments will be launched in four flagship countries, to include South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana, being the first phase of the roll out, on July 01, 2015, to coincide with EbonyLife TV’s 2nd year anniversary celebration of creating and broadcasting original, premium and inspiring content with an African soul that showcases the best of Africa for a Global Black audience.
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A key highlight of Moments is that each focal country will have its own homegrown Co-Hosts. Already, two Co-Hosts per flagship country have emerged through a painstaking but rewarding search. From South Africa, Pearl Thusi and Lerato Kganyago will be calling the shots; Wanjira Longaue and Amina Abdi will anchor the show in Kenya; Berla Mundi and Ama K. Abebrese will be in the saddle of Moments Ghana; and in Nigeria, the threefold of Bolanle Olukanni, Toke Makinwa and Michelle Dede will be in the spotlight.
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Another important feature of the new Moments is that each of the four countries will have its own array of guests. Also, each country will have its location shoot which would take place every quarter; each would also have its own full episodes featuring interesting guests and inspiring stories from across Africa; and even more importantly, demonstrate its own uniqueness through its peculiar local symbols and distinctive cultural identity, making the show truly authentic to the country in question.
Ama K. Abebrese is an Award winning Actress and TV Presenter. Her film credits include ‘Sinking Sands’, ‘Ties that Bind’, ‘Beast of No Nation’, ‘Double Cross’, and ‘The Cursed Ones’.Her career launched in the UK as a teenager where she co hosted the ‘BBC2 and Youth Culture Television (YCTV) show ‘Pass the Mic’ and YCTV’s ‘Cinemania’. She went on to host OBE TVs ‘One Touch’ as well ‘On the Sofa’ TV shows. She is currently a co host on one of Ghana’s most popular morning show’s ‘Newday’.
However, no matter the cultural diversities reflected on Moments from country to country, all the shows will be unmistakably bound together by a number of set props that will be unique to the format, defining it and making it single-minded to viewers across the continent.
Regarded as one of the most striking faces on South African television & one of the country’s media darlings, Pearl Thusi has become one of the most sought after personalities just as her priceless namesake suggests. Well known for her acting career, and nominated for a 2013 SAFTA (South African Film and Television Awards), she counts roles and appearances in Zone 14 (one of South Africa’s Top 10 shows), Soul City, Rhythm City, Family Bonds, Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency, and iCrew as career highlights. She also co-hosts the Saturday morning show from 05:00 – 09:00 on South Africa’s largest national urban commercial station
Speaking on this development, Executive Chairman and CEO of EbonyLife TV, Mo Abudu said, “As EbonyLife TV clocks 2 on July 1st and as Moments with Mo enters its 9th year, we are excited to see the Moments with Mo brand expand across the continent of Africa in what we have called Moments. So now you have Moments Nigeria, Moments South Africa, Moments Ghana and Moments Kenya, airing across the continent on EbonyLife TV.”
This young Ghanaian TV and Radio Presenter, and Actress on the rise, Berla Addardey, known in the Showbiz industry as ‘Berla Mundi’ began her career in TV presenting two years ago, debuting as co-presenter on the award winning show, Rythmz (Television Awards Ghana 2014’s Most Outstanding Music and Variety TV Show) on Ghone TV which has viewership in Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gambia and more.
According to her, “Moments with Mo, which has consistently aired on a pan African scale and on cable TV in the United Kingdom for 9 resounding years and counting, will also continue to have me as its exclusive host, treating viewers to the best of VIP interviews. This however, will not air as frequently as Moments definitely will.”
“The purpose behind the creation of Moments,” she continues, “is not only to connect more with audiences across the continent, as well as offer a much wider and more divergent platform for truly pan African conversations, it is also calculated to be an exponential brand extension strategy targeted at delivering greater brand visibility and larger market shares for discerning advertisers across the continent.”
She is deemed to be the future of talk shows in South Africa, and exudes passion, intelligence, beauty, and talent. Lerato Kganyago has become a media darling. She officially began her journey to stardom in 2002 when she was crowned Miss Jam Alley and later Miss Soweto in 2005. Yet she truly made her mark when she became the face of Soweto TV, and began hosting her own talk show.She pursued her passion for acting, featuring on popular drama series ‘4 play – sex tips for girls’ and Mnet’s The Wild & recently returned to TV presenting after being chosen as the face of the popular lifestyle entertainment show – The Link on SABC 1.
For the Series Producer, Damilola Amele, “Moments with Mo is reinventing itself by birthing a Pan-Afro conversation, a new and exciting spin-off – Moments. With nine beautiful, intelligent and stylish Co-Hosts spread across four African countries, Moments is set to capture an even wider audience by connecting Africa like never before and will continue in the tradition of Moments with Mo, showcasing the greatness of Africa.”
She continues, “Our target is to keep the show as one, but introduce diversity and infuse the different unique flavours from Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and Nigeria. Despite the introduction of Moments, Moments with Mo, hosted solely by Mo Abudu, the creator and CEO of EbonyLife TV, will retain its place as the longest-running Talk Show in Africa by bringing to our viewers, insightful interviews with VIP’s in different fields.”
Source:genevieveng.
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