The first Digital Media Africa conference organised by WAN-IFRA got off to an exciting start Wednesday afternoon and was capped by the announcement of the winners of the inaugural Digital Media Africa Awards 2016 on Thursday evening.
In total, about 360 industry delegates from more than 16 countries attended the three-day event at The Maslow Hotel, Sandton, in Johannesburg, South Africa. The event kicked off with a Facebook Live workshop led by Matej Lončarić and Goran Gavranović of 24sata, Croatia, drawing 200 participants.
The winners of the inaugural edition of the Digital Media Africa Awards were presented during a gala with DJ Rita Ray, as part of the first full day of the conference.
Media24, Independent Group, Nation Media Group and Times Media Group were among the winners of the awards presented by WAN-IFRA.
WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Awards are the most prestigious recognition of best practice innovation in digital publishing worldwide. The awards are presented in major regions throughout the world including Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and South Asia.
The winners from each region subsequently compete for the World Digital Media Awards, which will be announced for this year during WAN-IFRA’s World Publishing Expo in Vienna in October.
The winners of the Digital Media Africa Awards were chosen from 10 categories. The categories and the winners are:
BEST NEWS WEBSITE
Media24, South Africa
www.news24.com
and
Nation Media Group, Kenya
www.nation.co.ke
(tie)
Second place
Independent Newspapers Ltd
www.iol.co.za
BEST ENTERTAINMENT & LIFESTYLE WEBSITE
Media24, South Africa
Kick Off, www.media24.com
and
The Standard Group Ltd., Kenya
SDE, www.standardmedia.co.ke
(tie)
Second place
Independent Newspapers Ltd.
Condé Nast House & Garden
BEST USE OF ONLINE VIDEO
Independent Newspapers Ltd, South Africa
IOL: What would you take a bullet for?
Second place
Nation Media Group, Kenya
NTV Wild
BEST DATA VISUALISATION PROJECT
Times Media Ltd, South Africa
TMG Election App
Second place
The Voice of America, USA
How Long Have Africa’s Presidents Held Office?
BEST NEWS MOBILE SERVICE
Media24, South Africa
News24 Elections
Second place
Eyewitness News, South Africa
Eyewitness News
Special mention
Standard Group Ltd., Kenya
Mobile Service
BEST ENTERTAINMENT & LIFESTYLE MOBILE SERVICE
Media24, South Africa
Men’s Health – Belly Off
Second place
Independent Newspapers Ltd., South Africa
Condé Nast House & Garden App
BEST TABLET PUBLISHING
Mail & Guardian, South Africa
M&G iPad Edition: 5 August 2016
and
Independent Newspapers Ltd., South Africa
IOL Tablet App
(tie)
Second place
24.com, South Africa
News24 App
BEST READER ENGAGEMENT
Media24, South Africa
Women’s Health – Next Fitness Star
Second place
Nation Media Group, Kenya
My Network
BEST DIGITAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN
Media24, South Africa
Landbou.co.za
Client – John Deere
Second place
Media24, South Africa
Huisgenoot.com & SARIE.com
Client – Afrikaans.com
BEST NEW PRODUCT
Times Media Ltd., South Africa
Wanted Online
Second place
Independent Newspapers Ltd., South Africa
Loot/Solezwe
This story was first published on the World Editors Forum blog, World News Publishing Focus.
