The Ngoma Awards 2025 successfully launched yesterday (11/12/2025). The award ceremony was a success. We saw creatives such as Triple M, Yo Maps, Xaven, Melar Beats, Winky D, Faith Bwalya, Maza Comedy, and Mwamba Chikwemba who were among the winners at the Ngoma Awards 2025.
Some of the creatives that walked out with no award are; Chile One, Chester, JC Kalinks, Mampi, Towela Kaira, Jae Cash, Driemo, Daniel Mbewe and Scholastica Mwale. You can check the list nominees and also check the list of winners below.
Ngoma Awards 2025 — Winners
| Best Song of the Year | Follow — Triple M |
| Best Male Musician | Yo Maps |
| Best Female Musician | Xaven |
| Best Collaboration | Aye (Nez Long ft Yo Maps & Xaven) |
| Best Producer | Melar Beats |
| Best Male Regional Artist | Winky D (Zimbabwe) |
| Best Female Regional Artist | Cleo Ice Queen |
| Best Production | Shadows of the Light |
| Best Actor | Brian Kambenja |
| Best Actress | Chimanga Munalula |
| Best Director | Dauti Leo Simukoko & Henry Joe Sakala |
| Best Female Model | Faith Bwalya |
| Best Male Model | Mr Mulwanda |
| Best Online Comedian | Maza Comedy |
| Best Male Stand-Up Comedian | King Paul |
| Best Female Stand-Up Comedian | Nakulu Sekanayo |
| Best Skit Comedy Piece | Maza Comedy |
| Best Female Visual Artist | Mwamba Chikwemba |
| Best Male Visual Artist | Kulu Sikazwe |
| Best Two-Dimension Artist | Mulenga Mulenga |
| Best Three-Dimension Artist | Chishimba Nyirenda |
| Best Community Theatre Project | Kabwe Ka Mukuba; Sexual Abuse |
| Best Innovation | Afronaunts |
| Best Practitioner | Gift Chansa |
| Most Consistent Theatre | Tusole Theatre |
| Most Outstanding Male Writer | Lt Col Francis Kunda (Too Hard to be True) |
| Most Outstanding Female Writer | Chibwe Mulenga (The Silence of Thorns) |
| Most Outstanding Prose | Loyalty to the Girl or to the Gang — Richard Sakala |
| Most Outstanding Poetry | Crisis@30 — Savitir |
| Best Male Dancer | Tyson Mweetwa |
| Best Female Dancer | Beatrice Mulenga |
| Best Costume | Ukuhlangana Isibaya Dance Troupe |
| Best Dance Troupe | Tusole Theatre and Cultural Ensemble |
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