Cassper Nyovest beat AKA as East Africa dominate AFRIMA 2015 Winners

The 2015 All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA)  Night held yesterday at the Eko Hotels in Lagos and while most Nigerian acts were not in attendance, acts from East Africa held sway and won most of the award categories.

Diamond Platnumz was the biggest winner of the night at the AFRIMA 2015 as he took home 3 awards notably the Artiste of the Year and Song of the Year award, while Kenyan group singers, Sauti sol notched 2 awards.
On the award winner’s list for Nigeria at AFRIMA 2015 was Darey, Flavour, Adekunle Gold, Kiss Daniel, Olamide and Yemi Alade who won 1 plaque each.

Cassper Nyovest beat his fellow South African rival AKA to pick up best act in African Hip hop and Best Male act in Southern Africa categories.

See the winners list below:

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Diamond Platnumz

SONG OF THE YEAR

Diamond Platnumz – “Nasema Nawe”, featuring Khadijo Kopa

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Charlotte Dipanda – “Elle n’a pas vu”

BEST ARTISTE IN AFRICA (RnB & Soul)

Praiz Adejo – Nigeria

BEST AFRICAN REGGAE, RAGGA & DANCEHALL

Stonebwoy – Ghana

BEST MALE ARTISTE: INSPIRATIONAL CATEGORY

Darey – Nigeria

BEST FEMALE ARTISTE: INSPIRATIONAL CATEGORY

Betty Akna- Equatorial Guinea

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Wiyaala – Ghana

BEST ARTISTE IN AFRICAN POP

Vanessa Mdee – Tanzania

BEST ARTISTE IN AFRICAN HIP HOP

Cassper Nyovest – South Africa

BEST ARTISTE IN AFRICAN ELECTRO

Flavour – Nigeria

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

Sauti Sol and Cedric Kadenyi – Kenya

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR IN AFRICA

Joseph Chameleone – Uganda

REVELATION OF THE YEAR IN AFRICA

Adekunle Gold – Nigeria

MOST PROMISING ARTISTE IN AFRICA

Kiss Daniel – Nigeria

BEST ARTISTE IN AFRICAN CONTEMPORARY

Charlotte Dipanda

BEST ARTISTE IN AFRICAN JAZZ

Kunle Ayo – Nigeria

BEST MALE ARTISTE IN WESTERN AFRICA

Olamide – Nigeria

BEST FEMALE ARTISTE IN WESTERN AFRICA

Yemi Alade – Nigeria

BEST ARTISTE IN AFRICAN ROCK

M’vula – Kenya

BEST AFRICAN GROUP

Sauti Sol- Kenya

BEST AFRICAN COLLABORATION

AKA(South Africa) and Burna Boy(Nigeria)

BEST FEMALE ARTISTE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

Busiswa Ngoku- South Africa

BEST MALE ARTISTE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

Cassper Nyovest- South Africa

BEST FEMALE ARTISTE IN NORTHERN AFRICA

Manal- Morocco

BEST MALE ARTISTE IN NORTHERN AFRICA

Ahmed Soultan- Morocco

BEST FEMALE ARTISTE IN EASTERN AFRICA

Tsedenia Gebremarkos- Ethiopia

BEST MALE ARTISTE IN EASTERN AFRICA

Diamond Platnumz- Tanzania

PILLAR OF CULTURE IN AFRICA

Bola Ahmed Tinubu (Jagaban)