Online content producer Nicholas Kioko has shared his story of how a video with Kisii comedian Onsongo saved his career in that field.
In an interview with KulaCooler, Kioko disclosed that a request for a video with the young comic from news presenter Lulu Hassan drastically altered his internet presence.
According to Kioko, his video with Onsongo comedian went viral, and he also featured news reporter Lulu Hassan.
“The young comedian was coming to Nairobi for interviews and I told presenter Ali I wanted a different kind of interview with him so I asked Lulu Hassan if I could her and allow the young man say hello to her which we did. At first the video didn’t do well after uploading but after one hour, the video began doing well and I saw what I had not seen in my life,” Kioko narrated.
After filming the video with Lulu at the Royal Media Studios and publishing it, Kioko claimed that the response was overwhelming and that the video completely revolutionized his career, taking him from 9300 YouTube subscribers to 100,000 subscribers in just three weeks.
Kioko also discussed how the Corona Virus outbreak caused his employment at Royal Media Service-owned Citizen TV to end prematurely.
All of the media house’s interns were reportedly sent home when the pandemic hit, with the promise that they would return as soon as conditions returned to normal. However, he claims that this has not happened to this point.
The content producer made it clear that since he wasn’t yet an employee of the station, he hadn’t been dismissed.
“I have never been employed my entire life, I was an intern at Citizen TV, that is one thing that people don’t know. When Corona set in, the editor told us all interns were to go home and we were to be called back when things normalized, but to date things have never normalized,” Kioko sarcastically said.
If given the chance, Kioko stated he would love to work for the media company as a radio host when asked if he would join it.
Kioko is one of the most popular content producers, with over 240K YouTube subscribers.
