Jacqueline Mengi

Jacqueline Ntuyabaliwe Mengi is a Tanzanian award-winning furniture designer and chairman of Amorette Ltd a furniture design and manufacturing company. Jacqueline is also the founder and chairman of Dr Ntuyabaliwe Foundation a charity organization which provides libraries and books to local primary schools.

Jacqueline Mengi
Born
Jacqueline Ntyubaliwe

Tanzania Tanzania
NationalityTanzanian
Other namesKlynn
Alma materRhodec International (D.I.D)
Occupation
  • Singer
  • Entrepreneur
Years active2000-present
Spouse(s)Reginald Mengi(m. 2015-2019)
Websitejnmengi.com

Career

Music career

She began her career as a musician in 1997 with a Tanzanian band the Tanzanites. She performed as one of the lead vocalists for three years. In 2004 she released her first solo album with a hit single Nalia kwa Furaha. Three years later she released another album called Crazy over You which was also the name of the first hit single for that album.

Miss Tanzania 2000

In 2000, she won the Miss Tanzania and represented the country in Miss World.

Interior Design, Amorrete Ltd, Molocaho Furniture

After almost ten years in the music industry she switched careers to interior design. In 2013 she registered her own interior design company, Amorrete Ltd.

In 2016 Jacqueline launched MOLOCAHO by Amorette, an award-winning furniture brand designed and manufactured by her company Amorette.

Personal life

Jacqueline was married to Reginald Mengi, a business man and media tycoon. They have twin sons together.

Awards and nominations
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Year Event Prize Recipient Result
2007 Tanzania Music Awards Best Female Artist & Best Collaboration (Crazy Over You, with Squeezer) Nominated[1]
2007 Pearl of Africa Music Awards Best Tanzanian Female Artist Herself Nominated[2]
2008 Tanzania Music Awards Best Female Artist Herself Nominated [3]
2008 Pearl of Africa Music Awards Best Tanzanian Female Artist Herself Nominated[4]
2013 Swahili Fashion Week Awards Stylish Female Personality Herself Won
2016 Swahili Fashion Week Awards Style Icon Of The Year Herself Nominated
2017 A Design International Awards (Roma) Bronze Award For Furniture Category Ngorongoro settee Won
Bronze Award For Light Category Sayari Lamp Won

2018

Stevie International Awards-Entrepreneur of the Year- Manufacturing

References
  1. "Tanzania Music Awards - 2007 Nominees". Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
  2. Ugpulse.com: PAM Awards 2007
  3. Freemedia.co.tz: Kili Music Awards 2007 yafana, wengi wakubali matokeo
  4. PAM Awards
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