Adesua Etomi, Daniel Effiong To Announce Nominees For 8th AMVCAs

Nominees for the eighth edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards will be unveiled in a special broadcast on all Africa Magic channels on DStv and GOtv from 9pm on Saturday, March 19, 2022.

Actors, Adesua Etomi-Wellington, and Daniel Etim-Effiong will announce the nominees in all 33 categories for this edition. 

The Executive Head, Content and West Africa Channels, MultiChoice Nigeria, Dr Busola Tejumola, speaking on the broadcast, said, "We received a good number of quality entries from across the continent for this edition of the AMVCAs and we are pleased to reveal the final shortlist of nominees, which we are confident embody the excellence the awards is renowned for."

For this edition, Africa Magic announced a new category for ‘Best Online Social Content Creator’ and the return of the ‘Best Africa Magic Original Drama Series', and ‘Best Africa Magic Original Comedy Series’, bringing the total number of categories to 33. 

Twelve of those categories will be open to viewers’ votes, while 21 categories will be decided by the AMVCA’s panel of judges headed by veteran filmmaker, Victor Okhai. 

Other categories include ‘Best Movie in Southern, East and West Africa’, ‘Best Director’, and ‘Best Cinematographer’.