{"id":1566,"date":"2021-09-15T10:47:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T10:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/rwandas-rukundo-in-abidjan-for-mister-africa-grand-finale"},"modified":"2021-09-15T11:39:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T11:39:20","slug":"rwandas-rukundo-in-abidjan-for-mister-africa-grand-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwandas-rukundo-in-abidjan-for-mister-africa-grand-finale","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda\u2019s Rukundo in Abidjan for Mister Africa grand finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\">Rwanda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>26-YEAR-OLD DISMAS RUKUNDO, on Monday night, travelled to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, to represent Rwanda at the 2021 edition of the Mister Africa International contest.<\/p>\n<p>He is among the 18 finalists who were announced to contest for the finals slated for September 16. Preliminaries were conducted online before the top 20 contestants were contacted to compete in the finals. 18 of them confirmed their participation.<\/p>\n<p>The last Rwandan to win the continental title was Jean de Dieu Ntabanganyimana, best known as Jay Rwanda, who won the crown for the 2017 edition in a grand finale held in Lagos, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou go into this kind of competition when you feel you are capable of doing it. I did not get a chance to talk to Jay Rwanda to learn the secret he used to win the competition in the past but I am confident that I can contest for it and win,\u201d He said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that he has been preparing for the grand finale for some months as he looks to follow Jay Rwanda\u2019s lead and take the crown home. \u201cEveryone who is in this competition is a candidate for this year\u2019s crown. Despite the pandemic, I did all I could to prepare for the contest, I see myself standing a chance to win this year\u2019s crown,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>During the competition, contestants will present their projects which, among others, will help them score key points to win the crown. As a university graduate in Tourism from the University of Tourism, Technology and Business Studies (UTB), Rukundo has chosen to develop a project around cultural tourism within Africa which he expects to present during the contest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough the project, I want to work with youth to promote cultural tourism within Africa. I did a project around tourism because I am a graduate in Tourism and I want to promote tourism based on culture because it is a big element from which the country gets identity,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Rukundo has ample experience in pageants, having previously participated in Mr UTB Kigali Campus where he came as first runner-up and Mr Elegancy Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this experience, I hope I have enough packages that can give me confidence to impress Mr. Africa,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of this year\u2019s edition will be announced during a grand finale slated for September 16. He will replace Nigeria\u2019s Big Brother Naija Emmanuel Umoh Junior, who holds the crown since 2019. 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