Yesterday evening saw Cindy pack the Best Female East Africa accolade beating strong music icons Juliana Kanyomozi, an American-born Kenyan singer Victoria Kimani, Ethiopia’s Fikeraddis Nekatebeb, Avri and Irene Ntale. Congratulations Cindy
The 3rd edition of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) happened in Lagos last night (Sunday 6th November 2016) at Eko Hotels & Suites, Lagos in Nigeria
The night saw three Ugandans Cindy, Kenzo and Unique win on the night.
The only other east African winner on the night was Diamond Platnumz from Tanzania who won Best Male East Africa & Song of the year- Utanipenda
HERE’S 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)
- 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 by Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania)
- Artist of the Year -Wizkid (Nigeria)
