Emmanuella is that little girl who took the internet by a storm with her “this is not my real face” skit and a number of other rib-cracking videos where she and her uncle, Mark Angel have a go at each other on their Youtube channel. Some of them are quite hilarious. I felt nothing short of pride upon hearing about her win and that of other consistent content creators at the just concluded YouTube Sub-Saharan Africa Creator Awards organised by Google to celebrate the incredible creativity and talent on YouTube from across the African continent.
I followed events from the venue on Instagram accounts of my friends Olorisupergal and Sisi Yemmie who got to present an award! Some other leading African YouTube stars including Theodora Lee, Tofo Tofo! Grant Hinds and ‘An African City’ star, Maame Adjei were also in attendance. With awards for 22 categories including the channel in each country with the most subscribers, Google also celebrated a huge milestone for Youtube channel Yellow Brick Cinema with the international Gold Play Button Award for hitting 1 million subscribers. Goals>
Here’s a full list of the winners:
Broadcaster – Channels Television
Comedy – Kansiime Anne
Comic – Ramscomics / Supastrikas
Education – Retutpro – Photography and Photoshop Tutorials
Entertainment – NdaniTV
Fitness – Six Pack Factory
Games – Slushy AJ
Makeup and fashion – Kangai Mwiti
Music – Yellow Brick Cinema
News and politics – Millard Ayo
Nonprofit – Jim Nduruchi
People and Blogs – Suzelle DIY
Pets and animals – Earth Touch
Top Subscribed Creator in Uganda – Kansiime Anne
Top Subscribed Creator in Ghana – OfficialSarkodie
Top Subscribed Creator in Kenya – Churchill Show
Top Subscribed Creator in Nigeria – Mark Angel Comedy
Top Subscribed Creator in Senegal – Prince Arts
Top Subscribed Creator in South Africa – Yellow Brick Cinema
Top Subscribed Creator in Tanzania – DiamondPlatnumz
Top Subscribed Creator in Zimbabwe – Mufti Menk
Top Subscribed Nollywood Channel – IbakaTV/Nollywood
Creators across Africa are using YouTube to find their voice, connect with audiences around the world and build channels while earning revenue from it. The number of hours of video content in Africa being uploaded has doubled year over year for the past two years. And the audience has grown with it. Watch time on mobile phones is growing 120% year over year.
