MTV Africa has confirmed Uganda as the official host of 2021 Mama Awards.
MTV made the announcement on Wednesday and said the event will take place on February 20, 2021. The Kampala presentation will be the first-ever live-streamed virtual MTV Africa Awards. It will also be the first time that the awards will be held in Uganda.
“It’s official! Africa’s biggest celebration of music is heading to Uganda. The #MTVMAMA takes place in Kampala on the 20th of February 2021,” MTV revealed in Twitter.
Uganda's State Minister for Tourism,Godfrey Kiwanda said the hosting of the MAMAs will be done in conjunction with the ministry to boost the country’s tourism industry.
The MAMA awards were established in 2008 by MTV Networks Africa to celebrate the most popular contemporary music in Africa. The other time the awards were hosted in East Africa was in 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya.
