Kakooza Nkuliza Charles | |
Birth Name: | Kakooza Nkuliza Charles |
Birth Place: | Kampala, Uganda |
Nationality: | Rwandan |
Years Active: | 2004–present |
Media personality, media executive |
Kakooza Nkuliza Charles,[1] professionally known as KNC, is a Rwandan media personality and executive. He is the CEO and founder of Radio 1 Rwanda, TV1 Rwanda, and Gasogi United Football Club.[2]
Charles went to high school at College Saint Andre (Nyamirambo) in around 2000.[3] Later, he took courses on media production in Uganda[4] and then started working as a radio presenter and production manager at Flash FM.[5] In 2006, he moved to a new radio station named City Radio.[6]
In 2012, Charles started a business selling solar energy equipment before going on to launch Radio 1 Rwanda in the same year. He opened TV1 Rwanda[7] in 2014 and founded Gasogi United[8] in 2016.
While Charles worked in CITY Radio, he wrote, edited and presented an audio series called Doctor Runiga. He was also a CEO and producer at A to Z Production. Charles released songs like "Heart Desire" in 2017 and "Impamvu" in 2018, the same year in which he organized and performed "Legend is Alive" in Kigali with Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Alyn Sano,[9] and Bruce Melodie.