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TikTok Unveils The First Creators To Win #TopCreator2022 Awards in Sub-Saharan Africa

By Guardian Nigeria
15 January 2023   |   1:00 pm
African TikTok creators are amongst the first to be crowned Top Creator and Top Creator Runner Up for TikTok’s inaugural #TopCreator2022 - an award ceremony that recognises and awards content creators across Sub-Saharan Africa for the immense talent and creativity they brought to the platform in the past year. This ceremony follows a highly competitive eight-day-long public voting process on the app. 

Maduakor Faustina chisom (Berby_picxy), Charity Ekezie, Melissa, Dennis Ombachi, Lindokhule Khoza, Natasha Gwal, Natasha Gwal

African TikTok creators are amongst the first to be crowned Top Creator and Top Creator Runner Up for TikTok’s inaugural #TopCreator2022 – an award ceremony that recognises and awards content creators across Sub-Saharan Africa for the immense talent and creativity they brought to the platform in the past year. This ceremony follows a highly competitive eight-day-long public voting process on the app. 

The Awards were hosted at the Mövenpick Hotel & Residences Nairobi in Kenya and in attendance was the media community and fellow creators across Sub-Saharan Africa. The award recipients enjoyed this momentous occasion in the presence of other nominees as they walked away with the TikTok #TopCreator2022 trophy.

Boniswa Sidwaba, TikTok’s Content programming Lead, Sub-Saharan Africa, shares that: “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.”

Without any further ado, please meet the first TikTok creators to win #TopCreator2022 Awards:

TikTok Top Creator 2022 West Africa Winner – @e4ma from Nigeria 

https://www.tiktok.com/@e4ma/video/7176686524048674054?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 

TikTok Top Creator 2022 West Africa Runner Up – @berby_picxy from Nigeria 

https://www.tiktok.com/@berby_picxy/video/7182229024507170054?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 

TikTok Top Creator 2022 Southern Africa Winner – @Pilot_onthegram from South Africa 

https://www.tiktok.com/@pilot_onthegram/video/7083527123801083142?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 

TikTok Top Creator 2022 Southern Africa Runner Up – @.lindokuhle_khoza  from South Africa 

https://www.tiktok.com/@.lindokuhle_khoza/video/7143305207777103110?_r=1&_t=8YupxnyUfIL&is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=7143305207777103110 

TikTok Top Creator 2022 East Africa Winner – @natasha_gwal from Kenya 

https://www.tiktok.com/@natasha_gwal/video/7179542855080283397?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 

TikTok Top Creator 2022  Runner Up – @beautyby.nita  from Kenya

https://www.tiktok.com/@beautyby.nita/video/7175625394228301061?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 

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

https://www.tiktok.com/@theroamingchef/video/7181012485955226885?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 

TikTok Top Creator 2022 Sub-Saharan Africa  Runner Up – @charityekezie from Nigeria

https://www.tiktok.com/@charityekezie/video/7162196896897977605?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 

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