By Betty Nakayenga
There is a special watch party in Africa at Kati Kati Restaurant in Kampala Uganda as thousands of fans will be keenly watching the English Premier League (EPL) duel between Arsenal and New Castle United at the Emirates stadium in London city.
The watch party is to be screened live on GTN and AFTV graced by guests from UK led by Robbie Lyle, Thomas Jee Cecil and Lee Marl.
These guests were welcomed by Special Presidential assistant Dr. Nabirye Nana Barbara at Kati Kati Restaurant, Kampala.
The workshop is linked to operation wealth creation. The youths were advised to stop taking their data for granted by posting useless content that won’t get them money.
“Other teams shall have watch parties but Arsenal’s watch party is the first and shall be annual and other teams shall follow,” remarked Nabirye Barbara.
Robbie Lyle,” We are very glad to be in Uganda with my crew. Uganda is very welcoming. I didn’t see myself in Uganda the last 12 years but here I am and just before I came to Uganda I was in Los Angeles with Opray Winfrey to talk about my journey. I am very elated to be here in Uganda for the very first time and The AFTV tour is on, I have been told we shall explore Jinja, The Equator,Bwindi and see how beautiful Uganda is in relation to tourism”
Nabirye Nana Barbara is the chairperson organising committee of the AFTV tour around Uganda alongside David Mafabi, presidential advisor for special duties to boost tourism alongside sports.
She invited Robbie Lyle to take on the workshop on how to monetize content on social media.
Robbie Lyle is a surveyor by profession. He only had passion for football and he has been an Arsenal fan for all his life.
He had never imagined that GFN and AFTV would be as big as it is right now 12years ago. He just wanted to get opinions of the fans with no media knowledge or skills.
He just dreamed big, believed in himself, worked hard, stayed consistent and found his niche and he has grown from O to 7,00,000,000 million viewers.
Though he met criticism from the traditional media, he never gave up.
He has since then traveled all over the world to America, Asia, Africa and many more.
He therefore advised youths to stay focused, know what they want to achieve, be original and to find their niche in the content they create so that they grow their number slowly and stably.
