Sheila Gashumba is a Ugandan media person who has not only become a common face in Uganda mainstream media but is also a blogger and a Kampala city socialite juggling life between Uganda and South Africa. Here is Sheila Gashumba age, biography, boyfriend, net worth, education, and more latest 2021.
Sheila Gashumba Biography and Age
Born to Frank and Cherie Gashumba both of Rwandan descent, Sheila Gashumba whose birth
name is Nyinashumba Carol Sheila was born on the 7th of February, 1996. Shortly after her
birth, her parents divorced leaving Frank Gashumba to single handedly raise Sheila.
Education background
Sheila started out her elementary school at Little Angels Nakasero before transferring to Taibah
Junior School which is currently known as Taibah International and she finally completed
primary school at City Parents Primary School where she scored 4 aggregates.
Upon completing primary school, she joined St. Mary’s College Namagunga and later transferred
to Taibah International School. However, once she finished secondary education, she never
completed her university education thanks to her busy career.
Most recent details indicate that she enrolled into college in South Africa for a course relating to her career path.
Career path
At the age of 10, Sheila Gashumba had already started her career at WBS TV where she worked
as a news anchor and reporter for a kids show. After two years of working under this category,
she advanced to hosting a live two-hour entertainment show for teenagers dubbed Teens Club.
Later on, she departed from WBS to join NTV where she hosted T-Nation before transferring to
join NTV THE BEAT as a host along side Douglas Lwanga who was co-hosting with her, at the
same time, she was part of the style project show.
Despite coming face to face with some of the country's and Africa's most prominent people
while at NTV, the talented media personality later quit working at the Serena based television
on grounds that she was being poorly paid.
Brand Influencing
Many companies have sought ought Sheila to help their products thanks to the tight grip she
has upon many of the young people. She has claimed dominance and space in the media which
is why:
In 2017, Africell singed her up as their brand ambassador as well as the company’s face to
feature in it’s commercial and billboards which have surely been littered all over the country. She also worked as the Kuku chicken brand ambassador.
The same year, Uber signed her up as their brand ambassador in Uganda. Coca-cola also signed up Sheila to promote their coke studio Africa which basically brings top African musicians to perform live collaborations which are aired for viewership all over the African continent.
Awards
In 2012, Sheila Gashumba won the most gifted teen award at the Super talent awards while in both 2012 and 2013, she won the Best teeniez show at the Buzz tenniez awards. In both 2013 and 2014,
Sheila scooped the best teen presenter at the radio and TV awards while in 2014 and 2015, the
Buzz tenniez awards awarded her the tenniez favourite school award.
In 2015, she won both the most stylish teen presenter and the most creative teen presenter at
the Kampala entertainment awards while the next year, 2016, she was crowned the best entertainment show Uganda at the Uganda entertainment awards.
From 2016 up to 2018, Sheila Gashumba has been nominated as the best dressed female celebrity at the Abryanz style and fashion awards.
Relationship/Boyfriend
Previously, social media was in shock following the breakup between Sheila Gashumba and
God’s Plan. However, all tattoos and evidence of his existence in her life were soon erased once
she moved on with Rickman.
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Net worth
Aside from her media career, Sheila is also known for her Entrepreneurial skills as she is the
Chief Executive Officer for both Sarafina events and GASH GGLAM. Due to this, her net worth is
estimated to be over $500k.
