Full list of shortlisted nominees for the 2018 African Digital Media Awards is out.
The prestigious award which honours excellent media organizations on social media is organised by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers WAN-IFRA.
The winners will be announced on Friday 23, November at Capital on the Park Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg in South Africa.
Full List
Best in Lifestyle, Sports, Entertainment Website or Mobile Service
• Nairobi News Website, Nation Media Group – Kenya
• Daily Nation Sports Section, Nation Media Group – Kenya
Best in Social Media Engagement
• LIT360, Nation Media Group – Kenya
• Women’s Month #WeRemember, Independent Media
• Hashtag Our Stories, South Africa Media Innovation Program
• Anatomy of a killing, BBC
Best Digital Marketing Campaign
• Connecting South Africans, Independent Media
• Airtel Case Study, Nation Media Group – Kenya
Best News Website or Mobile Service
• Daily Kick – Soccer. News. Live Scoring, 24.com
• Daily Maverick, South Africa Media Innovation Program
• MAPARCHIVES.MA, Moroccan News Agency
Best Use of Online Video (including VR)
• Mapping the Murder of Hannah Cornelius, Tiso Blackstar Group (Pty) Ltd
• Hashtag Our Stories, South Africa Media Innovation Program
• Ethiopian priest’s journey, BBC
Best Data Visualisation
• Osun Elections in Nigeria, BBC
• Kids in toxic stress, Media Trust (Daily Trust) – Nigeria
• Digest – Economic Plans, Digest
Best Reader Revenue Initiative
• Times Select, Tiso Blackstar Group (Pty) Ltd
• Netwerk24’s Lifestyle migration, 24.com
• Maverick Insider, South Africa Media Innovation Program
Best Branded Content Project
• BRICS Media Forum South Africa, Independent Media
• News24 Mzansi, through her eyes, 24.com
• Just Delicious, Media24
Best Digital News Start-up
• Business Insider South Africa, 24.com
• Hashtag Our Stories, South Africa Media Innovation Program
• Daily Kick – Soccer. News. Live Scoring, 24.com
Best Innovation to Engage Youth Audiences
• Children’s Radio Foundation, South Africa Media Innovation Program
• News24 Mandela100, 24.com
• Hekayat Gameela (Gameela stories), medinaportal – Egypt
