The 3rd edition of the prestigious All Africa Music Awards-AFRIMA took place in Lagos at the Convention Center Ekom Hotels & Suites.
The hosts, who were drawn from the three majorly spoken languages in Africa— English, French and Arabic— are Ahmed Soultan (Morocco); MsBonang Matheba(South Africa; and Ika Jang(Congo).
Multiple award-winning group, VVIP once again made sure they made Ghana proud by winning two nods on the night; Best music group as well as best music video with Dogoyaro.
One thing VVIP also did that’s worth commending was the fact that they took royalty to the awards; they made sure they dressed the Ghanaian way. Big ups to you, VVIP and Okyeame Kwame
Here is the Full List of Winners.
- Best Male East Africa – Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania)
- Best Female East Africa – Cindy Sanyu (Uganda)
- Best Male South Africa – Black Coffee (South Africa)
- Best female South Africa – Sally Boss Madam (Namibia)
- Best Male Central Africa- Wax Dey (Cameroon)
- Best Female Central Africa- Bruna Tatiana (Angola)
- Best Male North Africa – DJ Van (Morocco)
- Best Female North Africa- Zina Daoudia (Morocco)
- Best Male West Africa – Flavour (Nigeria)10. Best Female West Africa – Aramide (Nigeria)
- Best Inspirational Female – Naomi Achu (Cameroon)
- Best Artiste/Dou/GroupBand in African Contemporary- Flavour (Nigeria)
- Most Promising Artiste- Amine Aub (Morocco)
- African Fans Favorite – Phyno (Nigeria)
- Song writer of the year – Unique (Uganda)
- Special Recognition Award- King Sunny Ade (Nigeria)
- Best Artist/Duo/Group African Hiphop- Stanley Enow (Cameroon)
- Best Artist/Duo/Group African Ragga & Dancehall- Patoranking (Nigeria)
- Best Artist/Duo/Group African Traditional music- Zeynab (Benin)
- Best Artist/Duo/Group African Electro -Such (Zimbabwe)
- Best Artist/Duo/Group African RnB – Henok & Mehari Brothers (Ethiopia)
- Best Artist/Duo/Group in African Rock -M’vula (Angola)
- Best African Jazz – Jimmy Dludlu (South Africa)
- Best African Group -VVIP (Ghana)
- Best African Collaboration – Mbilo Mbilo by Eddy Kenzo (Uganda) ft Niniola (Nigeria)
- Video of the Year – Dogo Yaro by VVIP (Ghana)
- Revelation of the year – Falz (Nigeria)
- Album of the year – Ahmed Soultan (Morocco)
- Song of the year- Utanipenda Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania)
- Artist of the Year -Wizkid (Nigeria)
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