Davido, Tiwa Savage thrill fans at Giant of Africa Festival

By Orukpe Rebecca.

Davido and Tiwa Savage deliver electrifying performances in Kigali. The inaugural Giants of Africa Festival, in celebration of the non-profit’s 20th anniversary, was a week-long festival held in Kigali, Rwanda, which brought together youths from 16 countries and used basketball as an educational and empowerment tool.

Fans thronged the BK Arena on Saturday 19 August, for the closing concert, presented by Spotify. The full house was expectant and Davido, Tiwa Savage, Tyla, and Bruce Melodie thrilled the pan-African audience with unforgettable performances.

Tyla, a Spotify Africa RADAR artist was first on stage as she showcased her Amapiano infused with Afrobeats, pop, and R&B style-music. She kicked off her performance with her collaboration with Kooldrink, ‘Getting Late’, which is also her most streamed track, according to Spotify data.

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Rwanda’s Bruce Melodie took the stage next, starting with his collaboration with Khaligraph Jones, ‘Sawa Sawa’, which is his second most streamed track on Spotify. Over the twenty-minute performance, Bruce transported the fans through his musical catalog, from ‘Ikinyafu’, ‘Saa Moya 7:00,’ and ‘Funga Macho.

The most anticipated performance of the afternoon, Davido took to the stage next and opened with ‘Over Dem’, from his recently released record-breaking fourth album ‘Timeless’. Nostalgic hits like ‘Dami Duro’, ‘FIA’, ‘Jowo’, ‘If’, ‘Fall,’ and ‘Risky’ among others has the audience mesmerized.

The showmanship continued, performing ‘High’, ‘Ke Star’, and ‘Champion Sound’. Finally, the moment for his most viral song arrived; ‘Unavailable’, Davido’s most streamed song on ‘Timeless’.

Tiwa Savage, also known as ‘The Queen of Afrobeats’ was the final act on the Giants of Africa stage. She opened her performance with ’49-99′ one of her most played songs on Spotify, followed other hits including ‘Ma Lo’, her second mist streamed Spotify song, ‘KEYS TO THE KINGDOM’, ‘Like’, ‘Pick Up,’ and an acapella version of ‘Somebody’s Son’. She had the crowd singing along with her the popular ‘Who Is Your Guy’ song as well as her most streamed song on Spotify, ‘Koroba’. Finishing off with ‘Stamina’, Tiwa Savage’s performance showed why she is still the undisputed queen of Afrobeats