Kafuki Jada, Eye Radio Journalist, and entertainment show presenter - Moses Awan/Eye Radio - file

Eye Radio’s journalist, and Soundtrack Show presenter, Kafuki Jada has been nominated as a contestant in the yearly East Africa Youth Award.

The yearly award often seeks to recognize the most outstanding and exceptionally talented youths of both genders of the EAC region.

First initiated in 2013, the initiative is advocating the implementation of East Africa’s Youth Policy with the aim of promoting their full participation in regional economic, social, and political integration.

Kafuki Jada, a South Sudanese born has been nominated for the award alongside four female radio and media personalities in the region.

She is competing against Kwambox of Kiss FM in Nairobi, Kenya; Flavia Tumiusime of Uganda; Meen Ally, a Tanzanian radio and television presenter and actress known for her radio program Niambie and her compatriot Aaliyah, who has risen to fame through her show on Wasafi TV.

Reacting to the nomination, Ms. Kafuki Jada said she was taken by surprise, but she was extremely happy about the news.

“I did not expect to be nominated and then I just opened my phone and scrolled through social media then I found that I am nominated for East Africa Youth Award, and I am representing South Sudan,” said Kafuki.

“I was surprised, extremely happy and excited, above all so excited and so happy I was like this is good news.”

“This nomination definitely means a lot to me. It is a pleasure and blessing to be able to represent South Sudan,” She said.

“Being a Journalist in South Sudan is one of the best things that has ever happened to me and the media has a lot of roles in South Sudan so to be part and partial of that process to me is an amazing thing.”

Still in her 20s, Kafuki Jada is currently the presenter of the Soundtrack Show, one of Eye Radio’s mid-morning music entertainment shows, identifying with mostly young South Sudanese.

A prolific news reporter, Kafuki is also a socialite whose love for fashions and elegance, has attracted huge followers on her social media platforms; Facebook and Instagram with 29,000 and 27,000 subscribers respectively.

She is also producing content on her YouTube channel.

Upon completing her undergraduate studies in Mass Communication from Kenyan Day’s Star University in 2016, Ms. Kafuki enrolled for her internship.

She made a return to Eye Radio last year after working for a local radio station in Juba where she rose to fame presenting a popular youth show.