By Chisomo Phiri
One of the country’s multi-award winning comedians Che Mandota real name Jamil Shariff Chikakuda has made history by becoming the first Malawian digital content creator to receive a YouTube Silver Play Button award after reaching 100,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.
Mandota got the accolade on Wednesday March 13, 2024 in a form of a parcel which was sent by YouTube officials and he celebrated the achievement with his fans as the parcel was unboxed live on his official Facebook page.
Speaking in an interview, the celebrated comedian was extremely happy and failed to express his happiness.
“Being the first artist in Malawi to receive the YouTube Silver Play Button award after reaching 100,000 subscribers simply means numerous people love and support my art.
“Again it means alot to the country as a whole as it means Malawi is being recognized as far as art is concerned and it also comes as an encouragement to other artists to push and be recognized as well,” he said.
He added that he is the first to get the award as he has not seen any artist claiming to have received the award before despite reaching 100,000 subscribers.
YouTube is a video sharing service where users can watch, like, share, comment and upload their own videos.
The video service can be accessed on PCs, laptops, tablets and via mobile phones.
Created in 2005, the platform is now one of the most popular sites on the Web, with visitors watching around 6 billion hours of video every month.
