Events: African Global DJ Awards Berths In South Africa

African Global DJ Awards (AGDA), an awards ceremony created to honour DJs in Africa and around the world is set to hold its maiden edition in South Africa.

Organized by a coalition of media professionals; Mohammed Alfa of Stronghold Entertainment, Kolawole Ajayi of Kollertunz and Tope Esan of Stats Media, the awards will hold on the May 4, 2013 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.

According to the organisers, the need for the award is as a result of the fact that ‘the DJ is that person who connects the people to the music but he is hardly ever acknowledged’.

E! 365 has gathered that the award will be spread through 16 categories ranging from regional to a global demography and also taking into consideration, the female DJs who are thriving in a predominantly male profession.

The awards night will be hosted by Barbz of Big Brother fame, Denrele Edun of Channel O, rapper Navio from Uganda, DJ Jam Jam from United Kingdom and Adams of Nigeria’s SoundCity.

Winners will be decided by a panel of judges selected from different countries, likely to be headed by Nigeria’s legendary DJ Jimmy JATT.

The categories and nominees for the awards are:

1. BEST AFRICAN DJ
DJ ALY AND FILA (EGYPT)
DJ FRESH (SOUTH AFRICA)
DJ XCLUSIVE (NIGERIA)
DJ CRÈME DE LA CRÈME (KENYA)
DJ BLACK (GHANA)
DJ OSKIDO (SOUTH AFRICA)

2. BEST DJ MIXTAPE
DJ MIC SMITH (GHANA)
DJ NEPTUNE (NIGERIA)
DJ DEE MONEY (NIGERIA/USA)
DJ WAXY (SOUTH AFRICA)
DJ TBOE TOUCH (SOUTH AFRICA)
DJ KAYWISE (NIGERIA)

3. BEST CLUB DJ
DJ FLAVA (NIGERIA/ML)
DJ ZIMO (NIGERIA/USA)
DJ SHIRU (UGANDA)
DJ SPINALL (NIGERIA)
DJ WAXY (SOUTH AFRICA)
DJ KILLA FINGERS (GHANA)

4. BEST RADIO DJ
DJ JOE MFALME (KENYA)
DJ GARETH CLIFF (SOUTH AFRICA)
DJ BLACK (GHANA)
DJ XCLUSIVE (NIGERIA)
DJ CAISE (NIGERIA)
DJ GLEN LEWIS (SOUTH AFRICA)

5. BEST TV DJ
DJ VINNIE (NIGERIA)
DJ CLEO (SOUTH AFRICA)
DJ SHABSY (NIGERIA)
DJ BILLI OCEAN (GHANA)

6. BEST ARTIST / BAND DJ
DJ TUNEZ (NIGERIA / AWON BOYZ)
DJ SPINALL (NIGERIA/MAVIN)
DJ XCLUSIVE (NIGERIA/EME)
DJ MENSA (GHANA/SAKORDIE)
DJ NEPTUNE (NIGERIA/NAETO C)

7. BEST AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL DJ (FOR AFRICAN DJS NOT RESIDENT IN AFRICA)
DJ ABASS (NG/UK)
DJ AFOO (NG/US)
DJ DEE MONEY (NG/US)
DJ GABE (NG/UK)
DJ ABRANTEE (GH/UK)
DJ RONNIE (GH/US)

8. BEST GLOBAL DJ (FOR NON-AFRICAN DJS)
DJ KHALED
DJ ENUFF
­DAVID GUETTA
DJ DEADMAUS
SKRILLEX
TIËSTO

9. BEST AFRO HIP POP/HIP HOP MUSIC DJ
DJ WAXY (SA)
DJ HUMILITY (NG)
DJ XCLUSIVE (NG)
DJ CAISE (NG)
DJ TOMMY (NG)
DJ MISTER

10. BEST KWAITO OR HOUSE MUSIC DJ
DJ FRESH (SA)
DJ EUPHONIK (SA)
DJ KENT (SA)
DJ LULO CAFÉ (SA)
DJ FISTAZ (SA)
DJ GLEN LEWIS (SA)

11. BEST EASTERN AFRICAN DJ
DJ CRÈME DE LA CRÈME (KENYA)
DJ ALUDAH (UGANDA)
DJ JOE MFALME (KENYA)
DJ KUMI (KENYA)
DJ DONNACCIA (KENYA)
DJ JAHAWI (KENYA)

12. BEST SOUTHERN AFRICAN DJ
DJ GESHGROOVE (ZM)
DJ EUPHONIK (SA)
DJ NAVES (SA)
NAKED DJ (SA)
DJ BLACK COFFEE (SA)
DJ SIZWE DLOMO (SA)

13. BEST WESTERN AFRICAN DJ
DJ BLACK (GH)
DJ NEPTUNE (NG)
DJ XCLUSIVE (NG)
DJ CAISE (NG)
DJ MIXMASTER BROWN (NG)
DJ HUMILITY (NG)

14. BEST NORTHERN AFRICAN DJ
DJ ALY AND FILA (EG)
DJ CARLOS (EG)
DJ AMINE AKESBI (MRC)
DJ NOOR EDGE (TUN)
DJ FEEDO (EG)
DJ AKM (AL)

15. BEST FEMALE DJ
DJ NANA (NG)
DJ PIECES (NG/US)
DJ LAMBO (NG)
DJ KESS (GH)
DJ CNDO (SA)
DJ SOUPAMODEL (NG/US)

16. BEST FRANCOPHONE DJ
DJ HI-FA (BN)
DJ COOL (BF)
DJ KOKOB (ET)
DJ MULUKU (IC)
DJ PHILO (IC)
DJ JAKE (BN)