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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Esther Akoth |
| Born | () 8 April (age 41) Kisumu County, Kenya |
| Genres | Benga |
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| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | –present |
Esther Akoth (born 8 April ), better known as Akothee, is a Kenyan musician and businesswoman. She is the founder of Akothee Safaris, a tour company based in Kenya, the Akothee Foundation, a charity, and Aknotela and Akothee Homes, a real estate business.
Early life and education
Akoth was born on 8 April in Kisumu County, the daughter of an administrator father and a politician mother, and grew up in Migori County. She attended Nyabisawa Girls Secondary School, but dropped out at 14 to elope with her husband.
Music career
Akoth's music career started in Since then, she has released solo tracks as well as collaborations with other artists including Diamond Platnumz. Her released tracks inclu
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Akothee Biography: Music, Philanthropy And Family
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Who is Akothee?
Esther Akoth Kokeyo, popularly known as Akothee, is a Kenyan musician, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. She was born on April 8, , in Migori County, Kenya, where she spent a better part of her childhood. Akothee's rise to stardom was punctuated by a lot of setbacks, she nonetheless, used the setbacks as her stepping stones to success and currently ranks among the wealthiest African musicians.
Akothee started out as a hyrbil driver in Mombasa, Kenya. She patiently climbed up the ladder and eventually made her debut in music in Akothee's röst and energetic dance moves quickly earned her recognition in the local music market.
The singer's consistency, creativity, and hard work cemented her reputation as one of the most sought-after Kenyan artists at the time. She was the first Kenyan musician to collaborate with
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I was married at 14 and dumped with four kids - Musician, Esther Akoth 'Akothee'
She shops in the most fashionable stores in Europe, drives flashy cars and is rumoured to be shopping for a jet. She has three homes in Mombasa, Nairobi and Nyanza. That is besides a luxury apartment complex in North Coast and a four-bedroomed pad in Zurich, Switzerland.
She is booked to perform at a private event during a Grand Prix Motor Show in Monte Carlo, Monaco and will charge a reported $20, (Sh million).
But musician Esther Akoth, famously known as Akothee, who now has a local and overseas manager, was once a taxi driver. Desperate and with four kids to feed, Akothee had to survive.
“It was tough being a single mother. We separated with my then husband and the father of my kids after he was involved in an extra-marital affair. That was in ,” she told The Nairobian.
Job hunting was tough and when she landed the taxi driver business, she could not turn dow