Yemi Alade, Jux, Others Emerge Winners At 2026 AFRIMA Awards [Full List]

The 9th All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) took place in Lagos, with winners from across the continent being celebrated.

Yemi Alade, Jux, Others Emerge Winners At AFRIMA Awards [Full List]

The event attracted numerous celebrities and fans from Africa and beyond, making Lagos the center of African music for the evening.

Awards were handed out in categories ranging from dance choreography to songwriting and regional honors, showcasing the wide talent shaping Africa’s music scene today.

Full list of the AFRIMA award winners:

Best African Dance/Choreography

Jaylann – “Ha Wlidi” (Morocco)
Lady Ponce – “Je veux danser” (Cameroon)
Rebo – “Mobambo” (DRC)
Serge Beynaud – “Taper Dedans” (Côte d’Ivoire)
Toofan – “Deodorant” (Togo)
Tyla – “Push 2 Start” (South Africa)
Uncle Waffles & Royal Musiq – “Zenzele” (Eswatini)
Weeha – “Dimama” (Ethiopia) – Winner
Werrason – “Tout se paie ici bas” (DRC)
Wizkid – “Kese” (Nigeria)

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Best African Video of the Year

Black Sherif – “Rebel” (Ghana)
Nomcebo Zikode & Sofiya Nzau – “Meta” (South Africa)
Yemi Alade – “Ki Lo Wa Wa” (Nigeria)
Ismaël Lo – “Timpi Tampa” (Senegal)
Tolu Obanro – “Tori Ife” (Nigeria)
Mbosso – “Ova” (Tanzania)
Juma Jux & Diamond Platnumz – “Ololufe” (Tanzania)
Seyi Vibez – “Shaolin” (Nigeria)
Dizzy Dros, Kekra & Norfafrica – “Stk Stk” (Morocco)

Best Soundtrack in a Movie, Series, or Documentary

Oscar Heman-Ackah – “Igho’le Trap Mix Version” (“To Kill a Monkey”: Series, Ghana)
Tamer Hosny & Reda Elbahrawy – “El Ma2as” (“The Start”: Film, Egypt)
Yemi Alade – “You Are” (“Iyanu”: The Animated Series, Nigeria) – Winner
Ismaël Lo – “Timpi Tampa” (“Timpi Tampa”: Film, Senegal)
Tolu Obanro – “Tori Ife” (“Seven Doors”: Series, Nigeria)
Kafon – “Saatte Ragouj” (“The Last of the Mohicans”: Film, Tunisia)

Songwriter of the Year

Emel, Jehanny Beth & Camille Berthomier – “Fall in the Light” (Tunisia)
Emma’a – “Trop d’amour” (Gabon)
Emmanuel Ayobami Alli-Hakeem – “Za” (Anendlessocean, Nigeria)
Ferre Gola – “Amour Illusoire” (DRC)
Bakhaw Dioum – “Choix” (Mia Guissé ft. Wally B. Seck, Senegal) – Winner
Mohammed Ismail Sharrif – “Rebel Music” (Black Sherif, Ghana)
Mugisha Fred Robinson – “Tombé” (Element Eleéh, Rwanda)
Olamide Adedeji – “Hassibunallah” (Olamide, Nigeria)
Prince Omoferi & Nwamu Francis Chukwudubem – “It Hurts” (Johnny Drille & Don Jazzy, Nigeria)
Victor Ngatuvese Kaune – “Oputuri ‘Queens’” (One Blood Namibia, Namibia)

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Best Female Artist – Eastern Africa