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Avicii, whose real name is Tim Bergling, died on Friday April 20, 2018 in Muscat, Oman. Tim was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on September 8, 1989, to Klas Bergling and Anki Liden. Tim chose the moniker Avicii - which means "the lowest level of Buddhist hell" because his real name was already being used upon creating his Myspace page. In Buddhism, Avici is a hell where the dead who have sinned will be reborn after enduring punishment. Avici can be equated to purgatory in Catholicism. Tim added the extra "i" to Avici to distinguish himself from a different Avici on MySpace. There are still many unanswered questions about the Electronic Dance Music legend's death but the two autopsies carried out by Oman police reveal no foul play or criminal intent. His death sent shock waves throughout the entire music industry with tributes pouring in from all corners of the world. Many are left wondering how he could die so young with so much potential and aspirations. S...

Kungaba Fongoh Leonel Voted 2017 Most Influential Young Cameroonian President of the Cameroon Active Youth Association, Kungaba Fongoh Leonel, has been voted the Most Influential Young Cameroonian in 2017.  Kungaba Fongoh Leonel, who takes the lead from 2016’s frontrunner, Achaleke Christian Leke was awarded for his exceptional leadership at a highly attended awards ceremony at the Chariot Hotel in Buea Cameroon. Kungaba Fongoh Leonel has undertaken diverse assignments including programme and project design, implementation and evaluation, training facilitation and is conference speaker, with a wide range of government and non-governmental institutions including, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Civic Education Cameroon, UNFPA Cameroon, UNWOMEN Cameroon, the World Bank country office Cameroon, the World Bank Institute, the US State Department, Commonwealth Secretariat, and Transparency International. He is also a HeForShe Ambassador, Coordinator United For Sustainab...

The long awaited and anticipated Influential Night has come to pass. Congrats to the organizers - Avance Media and COSDEF Group, for the proper planning and management of the event; it was a mega success. The Influential Night started at 5:00 p.m. prompt and ended by 10:00 p.m.  The Most Influential Young Cameroonian - 2017 is Mr. Kungaba Fongoh Leonel .  Herewith the official ranking of 2017's 50 Most Influential Young Cameroonians and winner per category. Business (in partnership with TANOE Business) 1.       Bamai Namata (Maibeta Inc) 2.      Clifford Ndecham (Skyhigh Group Plc) 3.      (Dora) Bryant (LUX Global) 4.      Gilbert Ewehmeh (YES Cameroon) 5.      Mfontoh Blaise Abenwi Shu (ThinkFast BC) 6.      Roland Fomundam (Greenhouse ventures) - Winner Entertainment (in partnership with WatsUp TV) 1.  ...