Mister Africa International, established in 2012, is an annual international male pageant organised by House of Twitch, it involves a worldwide search for the most adorable African man in the world. It currently has franchises in 30 African countries and has had participations from 40 African countries.
The Current Titleholder is Sunday Stephen who represented Uganda at the competition.
Competition Every year, representatives from 30 African countries are being selected to compete at the grand finale.
The winner of Mr Africa International travels to the contest's headquarters in London, which is the hub of Mister Africa International. He will then travel to different countries and raise funds for the education of disabled children and small-scale businesses in Africa under his IME Foundation. The winner also gets endorsement deals, movie features, grace magazine covers, some international fashion shows as well as a one-year contract with one of the biggest modelling agencies in London.
History Mr Africa International was launched in 2012 by Ayotunde Fabamwo, the CEO of the House of Twitch. The maiden edition was held in London at the African Center at Convent Garden, it involved 20 participants from 20 African countries and Adonis O’holi who represented Sierra Leone emerged winner.
After three successful editions, Mister Africa International pageant was moved to Africa and was held in Lagos, Nigeria in 2016 after an emergency cancellation in Botswana, other countries that have also hosted the ceremony includes; Ivory Coast and Angola.
Some notable persons that emerged from Mr Africa International are; Ex Big Brother Naija housemate Emmanuel Umoh (First Nigerian to win Mister Africa International).
Titleholders +List of titleholders since its inception Year TitleholderCountryRef(s)2012Adonis O’holiSierra Leone2013Jaydon AndersonBotswana2014Arnaldo JoseAngola 2015Iodi WordiGhana2016Akol DokSouth Sudan2017Jean de Dieu NtabanganyimanaRwanda2018Calisah AbdulhamidTanzania2019Emmanuel UmohNigeria 2021Eryvaldo ReisAngola 2022Mathiue BIbassoIvory Coast2023Eric OsazeNigeria 2024Stephen MuhireUganda https://theugpost.com/ugandas-model-sunday-stephen-wins-the-mr-africa-international-2024/https://mbu.ug/2022/09/21/stephen-sunday-to-represent-uganda-at-mr-africa-international-2022/
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