African Voices Changemakers, sponsored by national telecommunications company, Globacom, will this week bring to viewers the inspirational stories of two Africans sportsmen who are creating a niche for themselves in their respective countries.
They include Kenya’s Humphrey Kayange, an ex- Rugby player and Tendai Mtawarira, Zimbabwe-born former rugby player resident in South Africa,
38-year-old Kayange is an Organic Chemist. He ventured into Rugby after obtaining a degree in Organic Chemistry from Jomo Kenyatta University, Juja, Kenya. He later became a celebrated Rugby player and was in the Kenyan squad at the Rugby World Cup Sevens which reached the semifinals of the game.
Known within the Rugby Community for some of the best performances, particularly for Kenya National Sevens side, he was nominated for the International Rugby Board Sevens Player of The Year, in 2009.
He later became the captain national team and was awarded the Kenyan Presidential Order of Golden Warriors (OGW) in 2010, alongside his brother Collins, also a top Rugby player, for their outstanding performance in the 2008/2009 IRB world series.
Kayange who founded the Atlas Foundation, a platform which mentors Kenyan athletes and young sports prospects in his country, moved to University of Bristol, U.K in 2012 to undertake research works, before retiring in 2016 at the age of 34.
Mtawarira on the other hand is a professional Rugby union player, who plays for Old Glory Dc in Major League Rugby. Aged 35, he previously played for South Africa national team and the Sharks in Super Rugby.
In 2008, he bagged his first cap for South Africa and went on to gain 117 caps to become the most capped prop in South African history. He won the 2019 Rugby World Cup and he is also the third most capped Springbok of all time.
Mtawarira, with 160 caps is the most capped South African Super Rugby professional.
The two Rugby stars will delight viewers with their stories on the programme which comes up on DSTV Channel 401 on Saturday at 9.30 a.m., while repeats of the programme will be shown on Sunday at 4.30 a.m., 7.30 a.m., 12.30 p.m., 7.30 p.m. and on Monday at 5.30 a.m.
