RMD, Mimi Fawaz to host GLO CAF Awards

RMD, Mimi Fawaz to host GLO CAF Awards

Sports journalist, premium show host and presenter of Sports 360 on Vox Africa, Mimi Fawaz and Nollywood legend, Richard Mofe-Damijo (RMD) have been confirmed as the official comperes of the 2016 Glo-Caf Awards.  A graduate of City University of London, Mimi who is half-Nigerian (her mother is from Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria) and half-Lebanese, has worked for CNN, ESPN and ITV Television networks.

Described  as the ‘driving force behind UK’s first original African football show,  Mimi has successfully carved a niche for herself in a field dominated  by men.

Mimi  is delighted by the opportunity extended to her to host the show and  has promised Africa and the rest of the world a spectacular delivery. 

Popularly  known as RMD, Richard Mofe-Damijo was born July 6, 1961. He is a  Nigerian actor and politician. He was the Commissioner for Culture and  Tourism in Delta State, Nigeria between 2009 and 2015. Mofe-Damijo who  was born in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria, attended Midwest College, Warri  and Anglican Grammar School and was a member of the Drama Club. He  enrolled into the University of Benin where he studied Theatre Arts.

A lawyer, politician and journalist, RMD has featured in several top-notch soaps and films such as Ripples, Out of Bounds, Three Wise Men, Oloibiri and Hush. A multiple award winner, RMD in 2005, won the Best Actor in a Leading Role at the maiden edition of the African Movie Academy Awards.  He is the face of Globacom's powerful television commercials which  celebrated the company's ground-breaking launch of Nigeria's first  nationwide mobile 4G LTE network. 

Mimi  Fawaz and Richard Mofe-Damijo will complement the glamorous event known  as the Oscars of African football and scheduled for the night on 5^th January, 2017 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.

This post first appeared on Linda Ikeji's Blog. Read the original story here.

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