Rihanna set to launch beauty product in Kenya

ELIZABETH NGIGI Lifestyle, Entertainment Journalist

11 May 2022

• Rihanna indicated that she would be launching the products across Africa.

• Rihanna's beauty products will be available in Kenya, Botswana, Ghana, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Global popstar Rihanna has announced that she will be launching her Fenty Beauty and Skincare products in the Kenyan market on May 27 2022.

Rihanna made the announcement in her social media platforms and has since gone viral.

In the post, Rihanna indicated that she would be launching the products across Africa.

Among the countries she mentioned are Kenya, Botswana, Ghana, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

"I have been waiting for this moment!! @fentybeauty & @fentyskin are finally dropping in AFRICA!!! Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe...we coming at ya May 27th and that’s just the beginning!!! #FentyAfrica."

Adding;

"We are so happy to bring @badgalriri's game-changing footprint to our amazing African family."

The products will be sold at Lintons Beauty, a company that was founded in 2008 by Dr Joyce Gikunda and Edward Gikunda.

Their stores are at the Junction, Village Market, Hilton Arcade, Garden City, Westgate Mall, Galleria, Yaya Center among others.

In September 2020, Social media sensation and influencer, Elsa Majimbo was selected by Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty as a brand ambassador for its sunglasses brand.

Taking to her social media, Majimbo announced with the caption;

"My 19 year old self literally got a chance to work with @FentyOfficial. I’m so proud!!!!" she wrote on Twitter.

Earlier on, Rihanna's publicist Amanda Silverman said Rihanna will launch her much-awaited album in Kenya.

"Well, she has been working on her new album behind the scenes. It is long overdue and the plan is to launch the album in Kenya in summer. Everything is ready, just waiting for the baby to arrive," Silverman.