TikTok has announced the first eight Top Creators and Top Creator Runner-Ups to win TikTok Top Creator 2022 #TopCreator2022 Awards across Sub-Saharan Africa. The #TopCreator2022 Awards recognises and awards content creators across Sub-Saharan Africa for the immense talent and creativity they brought to the platform in the past year.
The announcement was made an award ceremony held at the Mövenpick Hotel & Residences Nairobi in Kenya and in attendance was the media community and fellow creators across Sub-Saharan Africa.
According to Boniswa Sidwaba, TikTok’s head of content programming in Sub-Saharan Africa, “this award ceremony is TikTok’s way of recognising storytellers, creativity and the positive impact all creators bring to the TikTok community. We are thrilled to be celebrating our creators who have been a driving force behind some of the exciting trends for 2022. With these inaugural awards, TikTok aims to give creators in Sub-Saharan Africa the recognition they deserve and to encourage them to tell the African story while spreading joy at all times.”
The eight winners chosen after a highly competitive eight-day-long public voting process on the app across Southern, West, and East Africa, are as follows:
West Africa
- TikTok Top Creator 2022 West Africa Winner – @e4ma from Nigeria
- TikTok Top Creator 2022 West Africa Runner Up – @berby_picxy from Nigeria
Southern Africa
- TikTok Top Creator 2022 Southern Africa Winner – @Pilot_onthegram from South Africa
- TikTok Top Creator 2022 Southern Africa Runner Up – @.lindokuhle_khoza from South Africa
East Africa
- TikTok Top Creator 2022 East Africa Winner – @natasha_gwal from Kenya
- TikTok Top Creator 2022 East Africa Runner Up – @beautyby.nita from Kenya
In addition to the publicly-voted category and decided by the TikTok judging panel, the winner and runner-up of the overall Top Creator Award across Sub-Saharan Africa is:
- TikTok Top Creator 2022 Sub-Saharan Africa Winner – @theroamingchef from Kenya. The roaming chef is former Kenya 7s rugby player turned food vlogger, Dennis Ombachi
- TikTok Top Creator 2022 Sub-Saharan Africa Runner Up – @charityekezie from Nigeria
