Zambian comedian Thomas Sipalo best known as Difikoti has lashed out at some betting firms allegedly exploiting artists being treated as brand ambassadors.
In a Facebook post seen by ZED GOSSIP, Sipalo said it is unfortunate that betting companies in the country are paying those signed with them little monies when the input in promoting their codes and business is enormous.
He says the highest paid artistes on endorsements get about a K20,000 while others even K6000 after 8 episodes of advertisements on their pages.
Part of the post read ‘pisodes of advertisements on his or her page, that’s not a fixed amount it depends with how many clients his promo code will attract to bet, if you dont attract much clients on your code you can even end the month with a thank you, now who foots the production bill?
For arguments sake , if 8 episodes is K20,000 meaning each episode is K2,500 then how much is production cost, camera, editing, script, crew, profit etc per production?
Mentioning a product as an artist is endorsement enough to attract a fee but alas, as if mentioning a Betting company isn’t enough, one need to produce a video and ask his or her followers to bet using their promo code names, what if your follower get attracted to bet but forget your artist promo code , who benefits?’.
