AFRIMA 2022: Black Sherif, Gyakie, KiDi, Camidoh, Nektunez, JAE5 grab nominations

The International Executive Committee of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC), announced the official list of nominees for the 2022 edition on Wednesday, September 14.

Black Sherif, Gyakie, Kidi, Camidoh, Nektunez, JAE5 were the only Ghanaian musicians who earned nominations in this year’s edition.
The AFRIMA jury chose 382 nominations across 39 categories to represent all five regions of Africa, as well as the diaspora, from a total of 9,067 entries submitted, the highest number ever recorded by the awards since their inception.

Only entries received between August 20, 2021 and August 5, 2022 were considered for nomination for this year’s awards.

The Western African region leads the regional nominations this year, with 134 nominations, accounting for 35%; Eastern African region follows closely with 69 nominations, accounting for 18%; Southern African region races closely with 68 nominations, accounting for 17.8 per cent; Central Africa pulls in its weight with 52 nominations, accounting for 13.6 per cent; and the Northern African region follows closely with 49 nominations.