By Charles T. Mark
Nigeria’s Afro-beats singer, Yemi Alade represented Africa at the first-ever Earth-shot Prize Awards ceremony held recently at Alexandra Palace on October 17th 2021 in London. The Earth-shot prize is a Nobel-like award founded by the Duke of Cambridge and renowned British naturalist David Attenborough. It aims at inspiring innovative solutions to the most pressing environmental challenges currently facing the planet.
Yemi was born as Yemi Eberechi Alade on the 13th of March, 1989, in Abia State, Nigeria. She is 32 years old as of 2021. Alade was born to James Alade (Yoruba father) and Helen Uzoma (Igbo mother). She is the 5th child in a family of seven children. Her father was a police commissioner and a native of Ondo State, while her mother is from Nigeria’s Igbo tribe.
Yemi Alade is a woman of average size who appears to be quite tall in her photos, relative to her surroundings. She has an average height and a moderate body weight. She attended St. Saviour British Primary School in Lagos and later joined Victory Grammar School in Lagos. She also joined the University of Lagos, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Geography.
The 32 year old Alade is a famous Nigerian Afro-pop singer, songwriter, actress, and activist who became famous after winning the Peak Talent Show’s maiden edition in 2009. Yemi released her first song, Fimisle, under the Jus Kiddin label. She joined the music label Effyzzie Music Group in 2012, where she released her song, ‘’Ghen Ghen Love”.
Yemi released a video for the romantic afro-R & B song called Bamboo, and Fliptyce produced the song. In 2013, Yemi released the single, Johnny which Selebobo made. The song became one of her successful songs, hitting both locally and internationally. It was, therefore, named one of the best 2013 songs.
Alade is one of Nigeria’s wealthiest singers as she has an estimated net worth of 4.2 million dollars as of 2021. Her primary source of income is her career as a singer, songwriter, and actress. Alade accumulates a good net worth through her various sources of income but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.
Representing Africa, at the EARTHSHOT AWARD, Yemi Alade delivered a performance of her hit single “Rain”. At the ceremony, she wore a gorgeous red Ankara playsuit designed by Athena. The exclusive and globally broadcast event was organized by the Royal Foundation, led by Prince Williams.
Speaking after her performance at the event, Yemi Alade said she was elated to have been invited by the Royal family to perform alongside musical geniuses like Ed Sheeran, among others Artists.
“The event was simply amazing and I am elated to have represented Africa and Africans on global stage. It’s our time to shine and the world is focused on our music. I appreciate the Royal family and Prince William for the honour extended to me,” she said.
She was also on her Instagram page, and appreciated Prince Williams and Duchess Kate for recognizing and selecting her song.
“Thank you for inviting us Prince Williams and Duchess Kate … and selecting my song RAIN happy to know the Duchess loved my dress and the Duke loved my performance at the #earthshotprize.”
The Earth-shot Prize is going to be awarded by the Royal Foundation to five winners each year for their contributions to environmentalism. It was the first awarded in 2021 and is planned to run annually until 2030. Each winner receives a grant of £1 million to continue their environmental work in proffering innovative solutions to the most pressing environmental challenges currently facing the planet.
The five winners of The Earthshot Prize were announced by a line-up of presenters including The Duchess of Cambridge, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, David Oyelowo and Mo Salah. Each winning solution was awarded £1million in Prize funding to help support and scale these ingenious innovations, with the potential to repair our planet.
The awards ceremony celebrated the global Finalists and awarded the first five Winners of The Earth-shot Prize. These top five solutions will have the greatest impact on the biggest environmental challenges facing our planet and the Winners each received £1 million to scale their solutions
, The Earth-shot Prize will find and reward solutions to the five ‘Earth-shot’ goals, to protect and restore nature, revive our oceans, to clean our air, build a waste-free world and fix our climate.
Earthshot is built around five simple yet ambitious goals (or ‘Earth-shots’) that, if realized by 2030, would make the world a better place to live for future generations.
This year’s Earth-shot categories are: “clean air”,” protect and restore nature”, “revive our oceans”, “build a waste-free world”, and “fix our climate.”
There were 750 people who applied this year but were whittled down to 15 finalists, coming from 14 countries. This year’s finalists include Vinisha Umashankar, a 14-year-old girl who has invented a solar-powered iron and on-land coral farms.