Kenya, Get Ready For The Road To MAMAs!

Kenya will be one of the few countries that will play host to the “Road to MAMA” events in the run up to the MTV Africa Music Awards set for June.

MTV Africa Music Awards 2014, which is sponsored by South Africa’s leading Tourist destination, KwaZulu-Natal Province and supported by Absolut, will hold at the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC) in Durban, South Africa on Saturday, 7 June 2014.

Niarobi will play host to acts from various Africa countries at the Road to MAMA concert.

It will feature MAMA nominees alongside the most current local artists and DJs. At the event that will take place in April and May 2014. Other countries that will have the concerts are South Africa and Nigeria.

Artists will be recognised in thirteen different award categories including Best Male, Best Female and Best New Act. This year, three new “lifestyle” awards will be added to the music categories, including the “MAMA Leadership Award” and “Personality of the Year”.  A special award, “Transform Today by Absolut” will celebrate the power of young individuals to transform the image of Africa through their creativity and vision.


The 2014 MTV Africa Music Awards will premiere on MTV Base (DStv Channel 322), MTV (DStv Channel 130) and other partner channels around the continent in June 2014.