Times Of Swaziland: OUKITEL GIVEN MISS ESWATINI LICENCE

OUKITEL GIVEN MISS ESWATINI LICENCE
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Mxolisi Dlamini on 17/04/2024 10:24:00


MBABANE – Oukitel Eswatini was given permission to be Director of the Miss
Eswatini Pageant during an unveiling that took place yesterday in Manzini Arts
and Culture offices.
Oukitel will be the director of the pageant for this year, and they will have a
launch in due time to announce their agenda as well as sponsors for this
year’s Miss Eswatini. This was announced by Beauty Pageants Chairman Sandra
Ismail during the unveiling. “Our current Miss Eswatini Tania Nunn has left
the country to study abroad, which means now our new reigning queen will be
First Runner-up Shanice Mamba, and Second Runner-up Fezile Mthupha is now the
First Runner-up,” Ismail said.
Partnership
After the announcement by the beauty pageants chairman, Eswatini National
Council of Arts and Culture (ENCAC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Stanley
Dlamini then introduced the partnership with company Oukitel, which will now be
the corporate company to run Miss Eswatini 2024. “They will have a launch in
due time to announce their agenda as well as sponsors for this year’s Miss
Eswatini,” Dlamini said. Oukitel is a company that manufactures smartphones,
rugged smartphones, tablets, rugged tablets, smart watches, laptops and potable
power stations.
Currently, the company operates in the United Kingdom, selling gadgets such as
smartphones. Felicity Esihle Dlamini from Oukitel was reached for comment to ask
who will be the president of the pageant; and she shared that they were yet to
announce more updates. “More updates will be announced on our page as days go
on,” Dlamini said. Worth mentioning is the fact that last year’s Miss
Eswatini Pageant competition ended up being cancelled. One of the contestants
from last year’s competition, Kayla Peters, withdrew from the pageant last
year in October, before it was officially cancelled.
Cancellation
After the cancellation of the pageant, ENCAC went on to announce that they were
looking for suitable candidates to submit proposals for the pageant. In a recent
Parliament report tabled by the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Youth Affairs,
they highlighted that an Indaba was going to be hosted to address the way
forward for the pageant. As it appears, Oukitel has won the race, hence being
announced as the license holder for this year’s Miss Eswatini Pageant.