For WAN-IFRA’s 7th annual edition of the African Digital Media Awards, this year we had a record number of entries submitted! Amidst another challenging year, it was inspiring to see so many incredible projects!

Congratulations to all the finalists and thank you to all the companies that submitted their projects. Please note, this list is in alphabetical order by company name.

Winners will be announced live at WAN-IFRA’s virtual Digital Media Africa Conference on Tuesday, 12 July. Sign up today & see you there!

AFRICAN DIGITAL MEDIA AWARDS 2022 FINALISTS

Best News Website or Mobile Service
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/ – Daily Maverick, South Africa
https://www.mangeonsbien.com/ – Mangeons bien, Tunisia
https://nation.africa/kenya – 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, Ghana

Best Reader Revenue Initiative
Maverick Insider – Daily Maverick, South Africa
Propelling News24’s reader revenue product – Media24, South Africa
Netwerk24 Audiobooks | 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, Libya
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