Songa by Safaricom launched the Songa na Milli competition and yesterday they awarded their first winner. Damaris Akinyi walked away with Sh76,000 after she guessed the sound from the song Sema Milele by Gilad.
Damaris is a frequent listener of Kiss FM and she heard about Songa na Milli on the morning show by Shaffie Weru and Adelle Onyango.
"I heard about the competition on my way to work in the matatu on Kiss FM during the breakfast show," she said.
Damaris said winning the money has come at the best time since her family needed money to pay school fees for her younger sister,
who is still in campus.
She will use some of it to go to the 30 Billion Concert headlined by Nigerian superstar,
Davido, who will be coming Kenya courtesy of Songa By Safaricom,
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Damaris loves the Songa By Safaricom App "because the music there sets the mood for my day, especially the daily playlists". The fact that she loves music and enjoys the app made it easier for her to win the Songa na Milli competition.
Brian Chege, Songa By Safaricom's head of content and A&R, stated that they came up with the Songa Na Mili idea as an incentive for the fans of the app.
"The chance to win a million is
an incentive for non-users to get on the app and discover new music, our vast variety of music genres, playlists, and for users to further engage the app as we push to retain them."
Brian said the competition will go on because, as the name suggests, their target is a million.