The 9th All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) took place in Lagos, with winners from across the continent being celebrated.
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)
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)
Best Female Artist – Eastern Africa
- Abigail Chams (Tanzania)
- Bridget Blue (Kenya)
- Denise (Madagascar) – Winner
- Haleluya Tekletsadik (Ethiopia)
- Lady Jaydee (Tanzania)
- Mahlet Wendimu (Ethiopia)
- Salemia (Ethiopia)
- Weeha (Ethiopia)
- Winnie Nwagi (Uganda)
- Zuchu (Tanzania)
Best Male Artist – Eastern Africa
- Bien (Kenya)
- Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania)
- Element Eleéh (Rwanda)
- Joshua Baraka (Uganda)
- Jux (Tanzania) – Winner
- Marioo (Tanzania)
- Mbosso (Tanzania)
- Bruce Melodie (Rwanda)
- Sat-B (Burundi)
- Yared Negu (Ethiopia)
Best Female Artist – Central Africa
- Anna Joyce (Angola)
- Blanche Bailly (Cameroon)
- Charlotte Dipanda (Cameroon)
- Cindy Le Coeur (DRC) – Winner
- Deborah Lukalu (DRC)
- Emma’a (Gabon)
- Jessy B (The Congo)
- Krys M (Cameroon)
- Liriany (Angola)
- Rebo (DRC)
Lifetime Achievement Awards
- Kenny Ogungbe
- Dayo Dee 1 Adeneye