Forbes Africa

Lungelihle Zwane (Uncle Waffles)

eSwatini and South Africa | DJ and record producer

Spotify Monthly Listeners: 1.8 Million

YouTube Total Average Views: 33 Million views

SOCIAL MEDIA NET WORTH

Instagram: 2 Million

Twitter: 390.K

Facebook: 236K

TikTok: 1.7 Million

ZWANE, ALSO known as Uncle Waffles, is a true depiction of Generation Z, the demographic cohort shaped by the digital age and shifting financial landscape. Speaking to FORBES AFRICA about her trending accomplishments, Zwane says becoming an artist was not her initial plan. Destiny ordained it. And how.

“During the Covid-19 lockdown, I was working for a broadcasting company. I was doing small interviews with creatives here and there,” Zwane says. “And then one day I interviewed a DJ.”

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