SA online media dominate Wan-Ifra's African Digital Media Awards finalists' list
This year saw also saw record number of entries submitted. Winners will be announced live at Wan-Ifra’s virtual Digital Media Africa Conference on Tuesday, 12 July.
African Digital Media Awards 2022 finalists
- Best News Website or Mobile Service
Daily Maverick, South Africa
Mangeons bien, Tunisia
Nation Media Group, Kenya - Best Use of Online Video
The exclusive story of Lindani Myeni – Arena Holdings, South Africa
No room to hide: Climate change in the Cape Winelands – Food For Mzansi, South Africa
The killer cop, Rosemary Ndlovu – Tiso Blackstar, South Africa - Best Data Visualisation
Living on less than 5 dinars a day, mapping the poverty rate in Tunisia – inkyfada, Tunisia
Getting to know: Vaccines – Media24, South Africa
Out of Order – a data journalism project by News24 – Media24, South Africa - Best in Audience Engagement
TimesLIVE on TikTok – Arena Holdings, South Africa
The shift to audience-centric journalism – Daily Maverick, South Africa
Open Parly ZW – Open Parly ZW, Zimbabwe
Pulse Instagram – Pulse, Nigeria - Best Reader Revenue Initiative
Maverick Insider – Daily Maverick, South Africa
Propelling News24’s reader revenue product – Media24, South Africa
Exclusive audiobooks in Afrikaans – Netwerk24, South Africa - Best Newsletter
First Thing by John Stupart – Daily Maverick, South Africa
The Wrap – explain.co.za, South Africa
MarkLives Premium – MarkLives.com, South Africa
LIFE – a lifestyle newsletter – Media24, South Africa - Best Trust Initiative
El Kul – BBC Media Action, Tunisia
African Fact Checking Alliance – Code for Africa, South Africa
Our Burning Planet – Daily Maverick, South Africa - Best Use of Audio
What’s Crap on WhatsApp?” by Africa Check Volume and the International Fact-Checking Network – Africa Check, South Africa
Don’t Shoot the Messenger Season 3 – Daily Maverick, South Africa
My Only Story: Back to School – Media24, South Africa - Best Gen Z Initiative
Health For Mzansi – Food For Mzansi, South Africa
DIB News – Maghreb Arabe Presse (Moroccan News Agency, MAP), Morocco
Ask Yourself Podcasts – Mail & Guardian, South Africa - Best Digital Advertising Project
Pan-African Summit on Youth in Sustainable Agriculture – Food For Mzansi, South Africa
Business Insider and Nedbank’s Behind the Business Headlines – Media24, South Africa
News24 and SA Pork Home Cook Heroes – Media24, South Africa
You can register for the Digital Media Africa Conference here.