On Tuesday, February 22, President Macky Sall of Senegal and of the African Union, inaugurated a world-class stadium in Diamniadio, a new suburb of Dakar. The stadium named after Senegal’s former President Abdoulaye Wade, is a multipurpose stadium which now becomes the country’s flagship stadium. The stadium will also host the 2026 Summer Youth Olympics.

President Macky Sall was joined by other world leaders such as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Rwandese President Paul Kagame, Adama Barrow of Gambia, Umaro Embalo of Guinea Bissau and George Weah of Liberia, as well as FIFA and CAF Presidents.

The inauguration was followed by a luncheon the next day, attended by some of Africa’s “artists, men and women of culture” such as Youssou Ndour, Esther Kamatari, Alpha Blondy, A’Salfo Traore and Baaba Maal among others.

However, two faces were spotted at the luncheon and the Congolese diaspora all over social media could not be more proud and we are all for it.

Djo who is familiar with the production and management of artists, is the CEO of La Clique Musique Group, an independent music label with offices in Europe and in the DRC. The label was created to help build the music industry which is almost inexistent in DRCongo with artists not fully profiting from their work like artists in other countries.
He is also the co-founder of Muska, one of Africa’s biggest music streaming apps and DRCongo’s first.

To add to his many accomplishments, Djo Moupondo is also the Executive Director at Sodeico Holding, and CEO at Sodeico Development, a business development, marketing and management firm working as a bridge to businesses expanding into the African market.

Fally Ipupa Nsimba, commonly known as Fally Ipupa is one of Africa’s greatest singers, songwriters, dancers and philanthropists.
Fally has received numerous awards including the Kora Awards, MTV Africa Music Awards 2010 for best video and Best Francophone Artist, the Urban Awards for Best African artist, to name just a few.

Fally Ipupa is also the national ambassador of UNICEF in the DRCongo and chairs the Fally Ipupa Foundation, a charity organization meant to help him be part of the solution to problems unique to the African continent.