

HiPipo Music Awards adds Honors to Celebrate Women and Expand Continental Coverage
The 6th prestigious HiPipo Music Awards in celebration of female talent, hard work and achievements has released nominees for 3 further female centric categories. In addition, 2 Africa categories for Western and Southern Africa have been added to the honors.
HiPipo is committed to celebrating, honoring, and sustaining African music’s past, present, and future.
Commenting on the release, Innocent Kawooya, the CEO HiPipo noted that “Because HiPipo is keen to promote and celebrate female talent, hard work and achievements we believe it is a good opportunity to further celebrate women in music with the addition of 3 women categories plus also expanding our coverage to celebrate music from Western and Southern Africa”.


Queen Sheebah Karungi at HiPipo Music Awards 2016
He added that “the last years have been filled with plenty of wonderful and very productive women in music; so many incredible women to look up to have been creating powerful art and some worth of trailblazing accomplishments, fueled by limitless creativity and impeccable work ethic.”
Alongside the success of these women-stars, there’s been an incredible wave of newer and rising female artists. HiPipo Music Awards offers an opportunity to raise awareness of, and celebrate, the female accomplishment in Music through the female categories in addition to all the general categories for west and south Africa. Here are the nominees;
Raising Diva Stand Out Act

Ang3lina – Go Down
Lydia Jazmine – Drum
Sarah Musayimuto – Nseyeya
Spice Diana – Anti Kale
Vinka – Malayika
Zanie Brown – Muyaye
East Africa Best Female Artist
Akothee [Kenya]
Avril [Kenya]
Butera Knowless [Rwanda]
Charly and Nina [Rwanda]
Nandy [Tanzania]
Sheebah [Uganda]
Vanessa Mdee [Tanzania]
Victoria Kimani [Kenya]
Africa Best Female Artist
Babes Wodumo [South Africa]
Daphne [Cameroon]
Josey [Ivory Coast]
Mampi [Zambia]
MzVee [Ghana]
Sheebah Karungi Uganda]
Tiwa Savage [Nigeria]
Vanesa Mdee [Tanzania]
Victoria Kimani [Kenya]
Yemi Alade [Nigeria]
Best Song from Western Africa
Davido – IF
Flavour – Baby Na Yoka
Mr. Eazi – Leg Over
Runtown – Mad Over You
Sarkodie – Pain Killer Ft. Runtown
Tekno – Rara
Tiwa Savage – All Over
Toofan – Terre
Wande Coal & DJ Tunez – Iskaba
Wizkid Ft. Drake – Come Closer
Best Song from Southern Africa
AKA – Caiphus Song
Babes Wodumo Ft. Mampintsha & Danger – Umngan’wami
C4 Pedro – Vou Ter Saudades
Cassper Nyovest – Tito Mboweni
Jah Prayzah Ft. Mafikizolo – Sendekera
Kwesta Ft. Wale – Spirit
Mafikizolo – Love Potion
Nasty C – NDA
Roberto – Into You
Shekhinah – Suited.