Yemi Alade, Davido and Wizkid bag awards at AFRIMMA 2018

See the full list of AFRIMMA winners here

Davido and Yemi Alade emerged winners of the “Best Male West Africa” and “Best Female West Africa” categories respectively at the just concluded AFRIMMA 2018 show. Wizkid however, took the award of the night, taking home the award for Song of the Year” with “Soco”. Eryka Badu however stole the show when she graced the stage to perform cuts from her renowned catalog. You can see the full list of winners at the 2018 AFRIMMA below.

Best Male West Africa

Davido – Nigeria

Best Female West Africa 

Yemi Alade – Nigeria

Best Male East Africa

Eddy Kenzo – Uganda

Best Female East Africa

Sheebah Karungi – Uganda

Best Male Central Africa

Fally Ipupa – Congo

Best Female Central Africa

Daphne – Cameroon

Best Male Southern Africa

Nasty C – South Africa

Best Female Southern Africa

Ammara Brown – Zimbabwe

Best Male North Africa 

Ihab Amir – Morroco

Best Female North Africa 

Souhila Ben Lachhab – Algeria

Best African Group

Toofan – Togo

Crossing Boundaries With Music Award

MHD – Guinea/ France

Best Gospel

Papa Dennis – Kenya

Best Newcomer

Ykee Benda – Uganda

Artist of The Year 

Fally Ipupa- Congo

Best Live Act

Flavour – Nigeria

Best Video Director  

Godfather Productions- South Africa

Best Dj Africa

Dj Dollar – Senegal

Best African Dj USA

Dj Ecool – Nigeria

AFRIMMA Video of The Year

Wizkid – Soco

Music Producer of The Year

Masterkraft – Nigeria

Best African Dancer

Diddi Emah – Nigeria

Best Rap Act

Khaligraph Jones – Kenya

Best Collaboration

Diamond Platnumz ft Neyo – “African Beauty”

Song of The Year 

Wizkid – “Soco”

Best Lusophone

Kyaku Kyadaff – Angola

Best Francophone 

Toofan – Togo

Best African Dancehall/Reggea Act

Burnaboy – Nigeria

AFRIMMA ACHIEVERS AWARD

Bismack Biyombo – DRC

HONORARY CATEGORIES

AFRIMMA HUMANITARIAN AWARD

Flavour

AFRIMMA SHINING STAR AWARD

Semah

AFRIMMA BEACON OF HOPE AWARD

Queen Julie Endee

AFRIMMA EXCELLENCE AWARD

Erykah Badu

AFRIMMA LEADERSHIP IN MUSIC AWARD

Fally Ipupa

Featured Image Credits: Instagram/afrimma

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