TikTok has honored eight African social media content creators for 2022. The TikTok Top Creators Awards 2022 inaugural gala brought together winners from around Africa in Nairobi.
The social media platform has awarded African creators from the south, the west, and the east who actively shared content and interacted with their followers throughout the year. According to TikTok, honoring the top creators from Africa will inspire people to tell more African stories.
Last December TikTok released its annual report on trendsetters. According to the reports, there were a total of 90 nominees, 30 from each of the three regions of South, West, and East Africa. They created separate categories of awards based on these three regions. As a result, a winner and a runner-up were chosen for each of the three African regions.
The Awards were held at the Movenpick Hotel & Residence Nairobi in Kenya, where the media industry and other artists from Sub-Saharan Africa were present.
Are you excited to know the winners? Here are the top 8 African TikTok creators to win the Top Creator Award 2022 including Sub-Saharan Africa.
- @e4ma (Nigeria) – West African Winner
- @berby_picxy (Nigeria) – West African Runner-Up
- @pilot_onthegram – South African Winner
- @Motho Wa Earnest – South African Runner-Up
- @natasha_gwal (Kenya)- East African Winner
- @beautyby.nita (Kenya) – East African Runner-Up
- @theroamingchef (Kenya) – Sub-Saharan Africa Winner
- @charitykezie (Nigeria) -Sub-Saharan Runner-Up
Do you want to know more about these creators? Keep on reading to know more about these 8 award-winning content creators from different regions of Africa.
1. Ifeoma Efiokwu (@e4ma)
Ifeoma Efiokwu, better known by her name e4ma in social media, was born on October 4 in Lagos. She is a Nigerian dancer, model, video, vixen, TikToker, and social media influencer. She rose to fame as a dancer for the Girl Got Bod (GGB) group.
She has more than two million followers on TikTok and 1.4 million followers on Instagram. She was a member of the Kaffy dance school and she gained the attention of a wide audience after winning the Matltina Dance All season 6. She is not yet married and is supposed to be single right now.
2. Maduakar Chisom Faustina (@berby_picxy)
Maduakar Chisom Faustina popularly known as Berby Picxy is one of the beautiful girls on TikTok from Nigeria. She is a well-known TikTok content creator, model, and social media influencer. She was born on July 31, 2003.
This 20-year-old social media star was born in Anambra, Nigeria. Her ancestors are from the Igbo tribe.
She has more than 8 million followers on TikTok whereas on Instagram she has more than 100k followers. She is more active on TikTok than on Instagram. She is one of the youngest social media influencers from Africa who earns millions annually. Brand promotions are the major source of her income.
3. Melissa (@pilot_onthegram)
Melisa, popularly known by the name @pilot_onthegram is a lifestyle and aviation influencer. She is one of the top 8 TikTok creators in 2022 from Africa. She is the first local pilot to be verified on TikTok after gaining over 11 million followers.
The Joburg-based pilot creates entertaining and instructive videos about the aviation field to share knowledge with others to inspire people who want to work in aviation.
By giving mentorship programs and classes regarding aviation, Melissa also assists other young people who are in pilot training or who have desires to join the crew.
4. Lindokuhle Khoza (@Motho Wa Earnest)
Linddokuhle Khoza, popularly known as Motho Wa Earnest is one of the runner-ups in TikTok’s Top Creators Award. She is from the category of winners from the southern region of Africa.
She is also known as MaG in social media. She is very entertaining and has amazing storytelling skills.
She is one of the sensational TikTok stars from South Africa. She is growing and is creating incredible content on TikTok.
5. Natasha Abdi (Natasha_Gwal)
Natasha Abdi is a social media influencer and entrepreneur who is known by the name Natasha Gwal. Natasha was born on 15 December in Kenya.
Apart from being a social media influencer, Natasha is a young entrepreneur. She has an online dress store and an online store for beauty products. Natasha is active on Youtube where she has more than 2 lakh subscribers.
The information regarding Natasha Abdi’s personal life is mostly unknown. She is one of the upcoming lifestyle influencers who have fans globally.
6. Nita @beautyby.nita
@beautyby.nita is a TikTok star and social media influencer from South Africa. She was born and brought up in Kenya.
Nita is one of the runner-ups in TikTok’s Top Creators 2022. In the ceremony, she represented the southern region of Africa.
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7. Dennis Ombachi (@theroamingchef)
Dennis Ombachi popularly known as The Roaming Chef is a 40-year-old chef-turned Rugby player. He is a self-taught chef who is a social media star who shares various recipes through his Instagram and TikTok. He is also a food blogger who reviews food and shares it with his followers.
Dennis Ombachi is an internationally recognized chef who often appeared in American TV shows. He is a social media person who is active on mainstream platforms such as Instagram, Youtube, Facebook, and TikTok.
This famous chef and content creator is born in Kenya and belongs to the Kisii Tribe. He won TikTok’s Top Creator Award 2022 in the Sub-Saharan region of Africa.
8. Charity Ekezie (@charityekezie)
Charity Ekezie is a social media influencer, Broadcast Journalist, brand Influencer, and model. She is the runner-up in TikTok’s top content creators from Africa.
She is based in Abuja Nigeria. She humorously deals with the stereotypes about Africa. She reacts to the comments of people who ask about assumptions they have about Africa.
According to her, a lot of people think that Africans don’t have the facility of running water, electricity, transportation, and other amenities. She reacts to such queries from people in a hilarious way. It makes her different from other TikTokers.
She has been on TikTok since 2020 and has more than 2 million followers.
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