Business profile of John Katana HSC

Business Offer

Main activity: Business Services
Main genre: World
Language skills: English

Sub-activities: Singer Songwriter
Sub-genre: Musical

Personal profile

John Katana a.k.a. the “Bishop” is a Kenyan musician and leader of Kenya’s legendary band – Them Mushrooms which is known for its global hit song Kenya Hakuna Matata – (a.k.a. Jambo Bwana/ Hakuna Matata) amongst many others. Katana is a singer-songwriter, music producer, unionist and mentor. He is a board member of Kenya’s biggest CMO – the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK), board member of the Recording Industry of Kenya (RIKE) and founder member of the Kenya Musicians Union (Ke-MU) of which he is the General Secretary. In 2010, Katana was awarded the Head of State Commendation (HSC) title by the late Kenyan president H.E. Mwai Kibaki for his contribution to the Kenyan music industry. Katana is the founder and CEO of Showbiz Info Limited, an events company that has ventured into music publishing.

Company profile

Showbiz Info Ltd (SIL) is a limited liability company registered in Kenya. The company has extensive experience in event planning, organization and management. S.I.L is also involved in the organization and management of general corporate and recreational events, the hire of PAs, DJs, traditional dancers, ushers, live music bands, artiste management and most recently, music publishing. SIL provides high quality and timely project management/ execution and enjoys a good productive working relationship with many Kenyan corporates.