It’s not news that the first and only African DJ awards ceremony ‘African Global DJ Awards’ created to recognize and celebrate the talent of the greatest DJs in Africa would be held on the 4th of May at the Sandton Convention Centre Johannesburg, South Africa. This event is billed to hold annually.
The award would focus on celebrating African DJs in all genre of music both African and foreign, in a bid to let the world know that the art of DJ’ing is a respected craft with world-wide impact. This event is organized by Africans for Africans home and abroad to put this amazing continent at the forefront of entertainment.
The DJs are nominated in sixteen categories including a category for the females. The winners will be decided by popular Fan votes while the event will be hosted by the lifestyle show presenter Lerato kganyago and Ugandan rapper Navio.
Acts billed to light up the night are Tear Gas, R2bees, Navio, Efya, Duncan Mighty, AKA, Ice Prince,Camp Mulla, Dj Oskido, Dj Aly and Fila, Dj Xclusive, Dj JimmyJatt, Dj Tbo Touch, Dj Kess, Dj Black and a host of other acts.
The nominees’ parties will hold in 3 different cities before the event proper and these are:
Accra, Ghana on the 12th of April 2013
Lagos, Nigeria on the 18th of April
Nairobi Kenya on the 20th of April
GALA NITE
This will be a night before the award: DJ Networking Gala
Date: May 3rd, 2013
Venue: Johannesburg, South Africa
Time: 7pm
After Party: 10pm
(This event is strictly by invitation)
MAIN EVENT
African Global DJ Awards
Date: May 4th, 2013
Venue: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
Time: 7pm
After Party: 11pm
The categories and nominees for the awards are:
BEST AFRICAN DJ
DJ ALY AND FILA (EGYPT)
DJ FRESH (SOUTH AFRICA)
DJ XCLUSIVE (NIGERIA)
DJ CRÈME DE LA CRÈME (KENYA)
DJ BLACK (GHANA)
DJ OSKIDO (SOUTH AFRICA)
BEST DJ MIXTAPE
DJ MIC SMITH (GHANA)
DJ NEPTUNE (NIGERIA)
DJ DEE MONEY (NIGERIA/USA)
DJ WAXY (SOUTH AFRICA)
DJ TBOE TOUCH (SOUTH AFRICA)
DJ KAYWISE (NIGERIA)
BEST CLUB DJ
DJ FLAVA (NIGERIA/ML)
DJ ZIMO (NIGERIA/USA)
DJ SHIRU (UGANDA)
DJ SPINALL (NIGERIA)
DJ WAXY (SOUTH AFRICA)
DJ KILLA FINGERS (GHANA)
BEST RADIO DJ
DJ JOE MFALME (KENYA)
DJ GARETH CLIFF (SOUTH AFRICA)
DJ BLACK (GHANA)
DJ XCLUSIVE (NIGERIA)
DJ CAISE (NIGERIA)
DJ GLEN LEWIS (SOUTH AFRICA)
BEST TV DJ
DJ VINNIE (NIGERIA)
DJ CLEO (SOUTH AFRICA)
DJ SHABSY (NIGERIA)
DJ BILLI OCEAN (GHANA)
BEST ARTIST / BAND DJ
DJ TUNEZ (NIGERIA / AWON BOYZ)
DJ SPINALL (NIGERIA/MAVIN)
DJ XCLUSIVE (NIGERIA/EME)
DJ MENSA (GHANA/SAKORDIE)
DJ NEPTUNE (NIGERIA/NAETO C)
BEST AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL DJ (FOR AFRICAN DJS NOT RESIDENT IN AFRICA)
DJ ABASS (NG/UK)
DJ AFOO (NG/US)
DJ DEE MONEY (NG/US)
DJ GABE (NG/UK)
DJ ABRANTEE (GH/UK)
DJ RONNIE (GH/US)
BEST GLOBAL DJ (FOR NON-AFRICAN DJS)
DJ KHALED
DJ ENUFF
DAVID GUETTA
DJ DEADMAUS
SKRILLEX
TIËSTO
BEST AFRO HIP POP/HIP HOP MUSIC DJ
DJ WAXY (SA)
DJ HUMILITY (NG)
DJ XCLUSIVE (NG)
DJ CAISE (NG)
DJ TOMMY (NG)
DJ MISTER
BEST KWAITO OR HOUSE MUSIC DJ
DJ FRESH (SA)
DJ EUPHONIK (SA)
DJ KENT (SA)
DJ LULO CAFÉ (SA)
DJ FISTAZ (SA)
DJ GLEN LEWIS (SA)
BEST EASTERN AFRICAN DJ
DJ CRÈME DE LA CRÈME (KENYA)
DJ ALUDAH (UGANDA)
DJ JOE MFALME (KENYA)
DJ KUMI (KENYA)
DJ DONNACCIA (KENYA)
DJ JAHAWI (KENYA)
BEST SOUTHERN AFRICAN DJ
DJ GESHGROOVE (ZM)
DJ EUPHONIK (SA)
DJ NAVES (SA)
NAKED DJ (SA)
DJ BLACK COFFEE (SA)
DJ SIZWE DLOMO (SA)
BEST WESTERN AFRICAN DJ
DJ BLACK (GH)
DJ NEPTUNE (NG)
DJ XCLUSIVE (NG)
DJ CAISE (NG)
DJ MIXMASTER BROWN (NG)
DJ HUMILITY (NG)
BEST NORTHERN AFRICAN DJ
DJ ALY AND FILA (EG)
DJ CARLOS (EG)
DJ AMINE AKESBI (MRC)
DJ NOOR EDGE (TUN)
DJ FEEDO (EG)
DJ AKM (AL)
BEST FEMALE DJ
DJ NANA (NG)
DJ PIECES (NG/US)
DJ LAMBO (NG)
DJ KESS (GH)
DJ CNDO (SA)
DJ SOUPAMODEL (NG/US)
BEST FRANCOPHONE DJ
DJ HI-FA (BN)
DJ COOL (BF)
DJ KOKOB (ET)
DJ MULUKU (IC)
DJ PHILO (IC)
DJ JAKE (BN)
Voting is still on and getting hotter, so make sure you vote for the DJ of your choice through these easy steps:
1. Go to www.agda.co.za or http://www.agda.co.za/votenow.php
2. Click on the ‘Vote Now’ button on the main tab
3. On the voting page, just click on the ‘Vote’ button under the DJ of your choice
Note: Only one vote is allowed per category every 24hours
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