MTV Africa Music Awards winners

After sweeping the South African Music Awards earlier this year, Mafikizolo took it a step further by taking home two awards at the MTV Music Awards on Saturday night.

The local duo took home Best Song of the Year and Best Group while Davido from Nigeria  boasted Best Male and Artist of the Year. See our list of all the winners below:

Best New Act
Stanley Enow (Cameroon)

Best Female
Tiwa Savage(Nigeria)

Best Male
Davido (Nigeria)


Artist of the Year
Davido (Nigeria)
Song of the Year
“Khona” – Mafikizolo ft Uhuru (South Africa)

Best Live Act
Flavour (Nigeria)
Best Collaboration
“Y-tjukutja” – Uhuru Ft. Oskido, DJ Bucks, Professor and Yuri Da Cunha (South Africa/Angola)

Best HipHop

Sarkodie (Ghana)

Best Group

Mafikizolo (South Africa)

 Best Alternative

Gangs of Ballet (South Africa)

 Best Lusophone

Anselmo Ralph (Angola)

Best Francophone

Toofan (Togo)

Personality of the Year

Lupita Nyong’o

Transform Today

Clarence Peters

Best Video

Clarence Peters (Nigeria)

Best Pop

Goldfish (South Africa)

Best International 

Pharrell

MTV Base Leadership Award 

Ashish J. Thakkar (Tanzania)