15 nominees emerged winners of the maiden Social Media Awards Africa #SMAA on Saturday, 24th of January 2015. At the award ceremony tagged, ‘Night of Virtual Wonders’ at Landmark Event centre in Lekki Lagos, Nigeria, 15 winners – from the 43 finalists representing all the 5 regions of the African continent except Central Africa – emerged at the maiden edition of The Social Media Africa Awards.
I was one of the three finalists for the Blogger of The Year Award. Unfortunately for me, @BenKiruthi, a great Blogger from Kenya, emerged the winner of the award. Three of the continent’s favourites earlier tipped to clinch awards, Xtian Dela from Kenya and Japheth Omojuwa from Nigeria; both with 3 nominations and Vodafone Ghana with 2 nominations across different awards did not emerge winners in all nominations despite overwhelming support from fans and followers.
List of #SMAA 2014 Winners
Blogger of the YearBen Kiruthi @Benkiruthi Kenya
Social Media Personality of the YearAyari Yassine @yassayari Tunisia
Social Media HeroMichael Hlatshwayo @big_MIKE_ayooba South Africa
Facebook Page of the YearBarefootlaw @BarefootlawUG Uganda
Twitter Handle of the YearJimi Tewe @jimitewe – Nigeria
Influencer of the Year (LinkedIn, YouTube, Google+, Instagram)The Love Tour KE @slumphotography Kenya
Government/Public SectorRepublic of Rwanda Ministry of Youth and ICT Rwanda @myictrwanda
Private SectorDHL Africa @DHLAfrica Kenya
Non-ProfiTStand to End Rape @StandtoEndRape Nigeria
Start-up/MSMEAdforumco @adforumco Nigeria
Financial InstitutionKCB Group @KCBGroup Kenya
App of the YearAfrinolly @Afrinolly Nigeria
Hashtag of the Year#TheNiteTalk @Lt_Caesa Kenya
Brand of the YearRaha 2.0 @rahaFIBER Tanzania
Best Rated PlatformNigeria Trade Hub @Nigeriatradehub Nigeria
The Social Media Awards Africa, #SMAA is poised to recognize and reward excellence, creativity and impact in the use of social media tools and platforms by individuals and organizations in Africa. This year featured 15 awards across 4 categories which recorded over 3,000 entries accounting for about 923 nominations.
The #SMAA was presented by Sterling Bank and supported by: African Media Initiative (AMI), AIESEC Africa, West African NGO Network (WANGONET), Beat FM, Fan Milk Nigeria, Zisat,Trace TV, and ONTV.
What do you think? Worthy winners..right?
Recommended : My Photos from Social Media Africa Awards
Source : SMAAfrica.com
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