Africa’s biggest Energy Event Shines The Spotlight On Kamo Mphela. Africa’s biggest energy event, African Energy Week (AEW) 2023, is merely weeks away, and so is this year’s Just Energy Transition Concert. Taking place on the eve of AEW 2023 in Cape Town the event celebrates music and energy, bringing together individuals from both sectors in an effort to promote sustainable development in Africa.
Kamo has joined the concert as a headlining artist. Starting out as a dancer in Gauteng, then going on to choreography, acting and singing, Kamo has championed the sound of amapiano with every ounce of her being. Making moves and music that laid the foundation for Spotify’s African Heat campaign in 2021, she’s appeared alongside folks such as Busiswa, Focalistic, Patoranking and MFR Souls, creating room for any woman to make a home for themselves in such a predominantly male-dominated genre.
“I was in my first year living a normal teenage life and doing dancing as a hobby. Amapiano came in and fit my style of dancing… and as the trend grew I was in the perfect position to break into the industry, despite it not being my set goal of being a performing artist. So I learnt to position myself to get to where I am today and I literally went from being “a Soweto girl who can dance” to being a brand, performing on stages I never imagined! Unfortunately the music scene has always been dominated by men. As women we always need to work twice as hard to be recognised as more than just a gender, but I do see a lot of phenomenal women taking their position in the industry and it can only get better with time. Hopefully we will live to see women being heads of major labels and getting the same respect and recognition we need.”
“The AEW 2023 Energy Transition Concert is a celebration of youth, music and energy. Taking place on the eve of the event this October, the concert aims to inspire a new era of innovation, celebration and progress across Africa’s energy sector by integrating two promising industries: culture and energy. We are proud to announce that Kamo Mphela will feature as a performing artist this October,” states NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the AEC
