Amina Abdi Rabar
Born
Amina Abdi

Nairobi, Kenya
NationalityKenyan
Occupations
  • TV host
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • actress
  • Presenter

Amina Abdi Rabar (born 1989) is a Kenyan TV Presenter and Radio Presenter, based in Nairobi, Kenya. She hosts the breakfast show on 98.4 Capital FM, Nairobi She is also fluent in English and Swahili. She hosts The Trend.[1]

Biography

Amina was born in Nairobi, Kenya. She lived in Kawangware and Eastleigh, two modest estates in Nairobi, for a significant portion of her life. Both of her parents are from the Borana community, however her mother is from Isiolo and her father is from Moyale.

Education

She attended The Kenya High School, completing her secondary education in 2006.

Career

Amina Abdi enrolled straight into Homeboyz Radio at a radio school that the station had just launched. She worked hard and landed a scholarship of the best student and that is how her career took off.

Around 2012, when she was working at Homeboyz Radio,[2] she would fill in as a senior host when necessary. She was so effective that you would not have known she was a young presenter. She eventually earned her Saturday Night Show.

Soon after, Chris Kirubi spotted her and offered Amina a job replacement of Joey Muthengi at Capital Fm.

Since then, she has worked for renowned media organizations and stations like Ebru, K24, NTV's The Trend, and Maisha Magic East's the Turn Up.[3]

Currently she hosts Maisha Magic East’s Turn Up alongside DJ Joe Mfalme and also NTV's The Trend show.

Amina Abdi who doubles up as a singer has worked on song with popular artists Jay A, K-Letta, Lon Jon and Octopizzo.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "The Trend show host Amina Abdi receives KSh 4 million car as birthday gift". Tuko. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Katunge, Gloria (2020-08-13). "Meet Amina Abdi Rabar, Kenya's Cardi B and East Africa's most stylish female host". Ghafla! Kenya. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  3. ↑ "Amina's Greatest Fashion Hits – The Turn Up". Amina’s Greatest Fashion Hits – The Turn Up. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  4. ↑ Majani, Mr (2013-01-02). "Octopizzo releases the swag video with Amina". Ghafla!. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
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