Zambia bags 9 MVAA awardsAGAINST all odds, Zambian actors and artistes are creatively breaking artistic barriers to becoming a force to reckon with on the continent and vividly leaving an indelible mark on the global scene.
With a strong impact made at the 2nd edition of the Music Video Africa Awards (MVAA) 2025, yesterday in Nigeria’s Lagos’ city, where Zambians scooped nine of the awards, the country’s bright future in art is certain.
The nine prestigious awards exhibited the artistes’ resilience and dedication, further showcasing the growing Zambia’s influence in the African entertainment industry.
In its continued quest to grow as a key platform to celebrate and elevate African creative talent on the international stage, this year’s MVAA held from Lagos’ Victoria Island, recognised the outstanding achievements in music, film and literature from across the African continent.
Artiste Jackson Banda alias Jay Rox bagged music video of the year award while creative Owas Ray Mwape was honored with the lifetime achievement award in the movie industry as artiste Jones Chileshe aka JC Kalinks scooped male artiste of the year award Southern Africa with disc jockey Philimon Mwansa alias DJ PMC winning the radio personality award, Africa and Zodwa Khumalo bagging actress of the year, Southern Africa award.
Other winners include Savatir as best author for Africa, while Konsilah Ceals was recognized as uprising artist of the year in Southern Africa.
Frank Ro also claimed the songwriter of the year award for Southern Africa and Chadzanso Juvi as inspirational woman of the year.
But Nigeria’s celebrated Wizkid took home song of the year award and artistes from countries like Senegal, South Africa, Kenya and Ghana also received some awards.
After having lived in among others Zambia and Tanzania, and inventing MVAAs, entrepreneur Daniel Blessington who has spent 20 years supporting African talent continues to shape the continent’s artistry through his humanitarian efforts aimed to unite Africa through its rich cultural diverse heritage and to create opportunities for collaboration across borders.
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