A viewing party was held in Johannesburg, where Cairo accepted his award.
DJ Zinhle and the late rap artist Keenan “AKA” Forbes' 8-year-old daughter, Cairo Forbes, has won the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in the “Favorite African Kids Influencer” category.
“I want to thank my family and everyone who voted for me. I am so happy and thankful for everyone's support. I hope I can inspire other kids to dream and have a family that will support their dreams,” Cairo said.
“Thank you God for all your blessings. This is for my dad!” she added.
Cairo received his award at a viewing party held at Montecasino in Fourways, Johannesburg on Tuesday. The awards ceremony took place over the weekend at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California.
Kairo was nominated alongside Nigeria's Dream Catchers Academy, known online for their expertly choreographed videos, Wizkid's son Boluwatife Baloguna and Nigerian DJ Wisey, beating off stiff competition to win the award. The other nominees were brother-sister trio Manna of Biko.
The group's oldest member, Biko Star, hosted the awards ceremony.
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Spongebob 25
The 37th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards took place at Pauley Pavilion, and this year's ceremony celebrated the 25th anniversary of SpongeBob Squarepants.
Hosted by SpongeBob himself (voice of Tom Kenny) and Patrick Star (Bill Fagerbakke), the 2024 Kids' Choice Awards featured enhanced graphics, high-tech motion capture and augmented reality, fun celebrity collaborations and appearances, the brand's signature orange Blimp awards and sliming, surprise announcements of fan-favorite TV shows, movies, music and more.
Taylor Swift led the nominations with a total of six nominations.
Following her are Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo and Justin Timberlake, with four nominations each.
To mark SpongeBob's 25th anniversary, the children's show will be broadcast in Afrikaans and Zulu.
“We're thrilled to offer SpongeBob fans the opportunity to celebrate their 25th anniversary in their local language,” Dhillon Khan, vice president, Studios & Creative Services (Africa), Comedy Central, Nickelodeon said in a statement.
The SpongeBob Squarepants is based on the life of SpongeBob, a yellow sponge character who works as a cook at the Krusty Krab restaurant and lives in Bikini Bottom in the Pacific Ocean.
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