SA leads Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa 2025 winners list

All the winners
Best Data visualisation
Project: The Road to a Just Energy Transition
Company: The Outlier
Country: South Africa
Best Fact-checking project
Project: Palesa’s Brave Discovery
Company: Food For Mzansi Group
Country: South Africa
Best in audience engagement
Project: The User Needs Impact Project 360
Company: Pulse Africa
Country: Nigeria
Best newsletter
Project: Elections ’24
Company: Daily Maverick
Country: South Africa
Best use of video
Project: Short form documentary | ’I don’t want to lose myself, ’ Carol de Swardt’s assisted suicide
Company: Netwerk24
Country: South Africa
Best digital subscription initiative
Project: Daily Maverick Shutdown
Company: Daily Maverick
Country: South Africa
Best innovative digital project
Shared between:
Project: Manifesto Mayhem!
Company: Daily Maverick
Country: South Africa
Project: MwanaClick: A Digital Revolution in News and Content Access
Company: Mwananchi Communications Limited
Country: Tanzania
Best use of AI in the newsroom
Project: Hausa AI News: amplifying indigenous voices with technology
Company: Legit.ng
Country: Nigeria
Best relaunch of digital platforms
Project: Relaunch of Africa Business+
Company: Jeune Afrique Media Group
Country: Tunisia
Best digital advertising product
No winner
Honourable mention:
Project: Die BurgerM Facebook Posters
Company: Media 24
Country: South Africa


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