TikTok’s inaugural award ceremony took place in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, following a highly competitive eight-day-long public voting process on the app across Southern, West, and East Africa.<\/p>\n
Boniswa Sidwaba, TikTok’s Content Programing Lead, Sub-Saharan Africa, said that the award ceremony is TikTok’s way of recognizing storytellers, creativity, and the positive impact all creators bring to the TikTok community.<\/p>\n
“We are thrilled to be celebrating our creators who have been a driving force behind some of the exciting trends for 2022. With these inaugural awards, TikTok aims to give creators in sub-Saharan Africa the recognition they deserve and to encourage them to tell the African story while spreading joy at all times,” Sidwaba said.<\/p>\n
Sidwaba revealed that the winner of the Top Creator 2022 Sub-Saharan Africa was Dennis Ombachi, popularly known as @theroamingchef from Kenya, while the runner-up was Charity Ekezie, popularly known as @charityekezie from Nigeria.<\/p>\n
She added that the winners of the Top Creator Awards for West, Southern, and East Africa were @e4ma from Nigeria, @Pilot_onthegram from South Africa, and @natasha_gwal from Kenya, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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