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Nominees for the maiden edition of the African Global DJ Awards “AGDA
Awards” were officially announced at the Press Conference event on
Friday, March 1 at the Labadi Beach Hotel, in Accra, surrounded by press
corp., industry colleagues, entertainment executives, DJs, friends and
well wishers.
The press conference was attended by several key industry folks like
Bola Ray- On Air Personality for Joy FM Accra home of DJ Black, one of
Ghana’s premier DJs who was also nominated for multiple AGDA Award. Also
in attendance was Cool FM’s On air personality Freeze, who’s co-anchor,
DJ Xclusive was also nominated for multiple AGDA Awards including best
Radio DJ of the year (see full list below).
Top African DJs, Entertainment Executives, Radio Stations and Club
owners who also came up with the categories as well compiled the final
nomination list.
“We are very excited about the final nomination list and even more
excited about the prospect of recognizing Africa’s top DJs “ said Mr.
Tope Esan. “We are now in full preparation mode for the voting process
and the main Award show coming up in Johannesburg” Mr. Mohammed Mustapha
Alfa added.
Voting starts March 15th, 2013 and winners will be announced at the main event on May 4th,
2013 at the Sandton Convention Center, Johannesburg, South Africa. The
show will be anchored by Rapper Navio andSABC’s Lareto. Other presenters
for the show includes Soundcity TV’s Adams, Channel O’s Denrele, Cool
FM’s Shine and Barbs of Big Brother Africa.
AGDA Awards is brought to you by Stronghold Entertainment and
Statsmedia Group. And proudly supported by Barbie Group, Black Brain,
Pacific Silverline, Tsogo Sun, Lucy Bloom Couture, Mtech, Kollertunz
Entertainment & Geobek Entertainment. Official Media partners of the
show includes Soundcity TV, Cool FM (Lagos), Wazobia FM (Lagos), Joy FM
(Accra), Acada Magazine, OK Nigeria and Bella Naija.
For all things AGDA, follow the AGDAs on Twitter @AGDAAwards and ‘Like’ the Facebook page ‘AGDAAwards’.
2013 AGDA AWARDS NOMINEES:
CATEGORY #1:
BEST AFRICAN DJ
DJ ALY AND FILA (EG)
DJ FRESH (SA)
DJ XCLUSIVE (NG)
DJ CRÈME DE LA CRÈME (KY)
DJ BLACK (GH)
DJ OSKIDO (SA)
CATEGORY #2:
BEST DJ MIXTAPE
DJ MIC SMITH (GH)
DJ NEPTUNE (NG)
DJ DEE MONEY (NG/US)
DJ WAXY (SA)
DJ TBOE TOUCH (SA)
DJ KAYWISE
CATEGORY #3:
BEST CLUB DJ
DJ FLAVA (NG/ML)
DJ ZIMO (NG/US)
DJ SHIRU (UG)
DJ SPINALL (NG)
DJ WAXY (SA)
DJ KILLA FINGERS (GH)
CATEGORY #4:
BEST RADIO DJ
DJ JOE MFALME (KY)
DJ GARETH CLIFF (SA)
DJ BLACK (GH)
DJ XCLUSIVE (NG)
DJ CAISE (NG)
DJ GLEN LEWIS (SA)
CATEGORY #5:
BEST TV DJ
DJ VINNIE (NG)
DJ CLEO (SA)
DJ SHABSY (NG)
DJ BILLI OCEAN (GH)
CATEGORY #6:
BEST ARTIST/BAND DJ
DJ TUNES (NG/AWON BOYZ)
DJ SPINALL (NG/MAVIN)
DJ XCLUSIVE (NG/EME)
DJ MENSA (GH/SAKORDIE)
DJ NEPTUNE (NG/NAETO C)
CATEGORY #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)
CATEGORY #8:
BEST GLOBAL DJ (FOR NON AFRICAN DJ)
DJ KHALED
DJ ENUFF
DAVID GUETTA
DJ DEADMAUS SKRILLEX
TIËSTO
CATEGORY #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
CATEGORY #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)
CATEGORY #11:
BEST EASTERN AFRICAN DJ
DJ CRÈME DE LA CRÈME (KY)
DJ ALUDAH (UG)
DJ JOE MFALME (KY)
DJ KUMI (KY)
DJ DONNACCIA (KY)
DJ JAHAWI (KY)
CATEGORY #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)
CATEGORY #13:
BEST WESTERN AFRICAN DJ
DJ BLACK (GH)
DJ NEPTUNE (NG)
DJ XCLUSIVE (NG)
DJ CAISE (NG)
DJ MIXMASTER BROWN (NG)
DJ HUMILITY (NG)
CATEGORY #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)
CATEGORY #15:
BEST FEMALE DJ
DJ NANA (NG)
DJ PIECES (NG/US)
DJ LAMBO (NG)
DJ KESS (GH)
DJ CNDO (SA)
DJ SOUPAMODEL (NG/US)
CATEGORY #16:
BEST FRANCOPHONE DJ
DJ HI-FA (BN)
DJ COOL (BF)
DJ KOKOB (ET)
DJ MULUKU (IC)
DJ PHILO (IC)
DJ JAKE (BN)
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