Jacqueline Ntuyabaliwe Mengi is a Tanzanian award-winning furniture designer and chairman of Amorette Ltd a furniture design and manufacturing company. Jacqueline is also the founder and chairman of Dr Ntuyabaliwe Foundation a charity organization which provides libraries and books to local primary schools.

Career

Music career

She began her career as a musician in 1997 with a Tanzanian band the Tanzanites. She performed as one of the lead vocalists for three years. In 2004 she released her first solo album with a hit single Nalia kwa Furaha. Three years later she released another album called Crazy over You which was also the name of the first hit single for that album.

Miss Tanzania 2000

In 2000, she won the Miss Tanzania and represented the country in Miss World.^{[citation needed]}

Interior Design, Amorrete Ltd, Molocaho Furniture

After almost ten years in the music industry she switched careers to interior design. In 2013 she registered her own interior design company, Amorrete Ltd.

In 2016 Jacqueline launched MOLOCAHO by Amorette, an award-winning furniture brand designed and manufactured by her company Amorette.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Jacqueline was married to Reginald Mengi, a business man and media tycoon. They have twin sons together.

Awards and nominations

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (December 2017)

2018

Stevie International Awards-Entrepreneur of the Year- Manufacturing

References

External links

• Jacqueline N Mengi on Twitter
• Jacqueline N Mengi on Instagram
• Official website
• http://www.amorette.co