Nollywood Dominates At The AMAA 2012

11:22 - 16 October 2013

The much anticipated movie awards of the year AMAA took place as scheduled with leading Telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria demonstrating its commitment to the development of the creative industry in Africa as it joined organizers of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) to honour, reward and celebrate accomplished African movie stars at a lavish awards ceremony held at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Lagos, on April 22, 2012.

The event which was hosted by Haitian-born Jimmy Jean-Louis and Nigerian actor OC Ukeje attracted Hollywood stars such as, Morris Chesnut, Rockmond Dunbar and African celebrities as well as notable personalities from other professions turned out to be a joyous carnival of some sort as several movie actors, actresses, producers and writers literally broke down in tears of happiness as they received accolades for their industriousness, creativity, passion and initiative in the movie industry. Nigeria dominating as they picked up several awards.

The Chairman of Airtel Networks Limited, Dr. Oba Otudeko (CFR), gave a rousing speech in which he congratulated all the award recipients, and restated Airtel’s passionate for creating credible platforms for celebrating and rewarding talented Africans.

The A-Class event featured performances from top African artistes including Nigeria’s Afro-soul crooner, Asa, and multiple award winner, Tuface Idibia.

[caption id=«» align=«alignnone» width=«600» caption=«Best Actress- Rita Dominic (Nigeria)»][/caption]

[caption id=«» align=«alignnone» width=«600» caption=«Best Actor- Majid Michel (Ghana)»][/caption]