Kenyan rugby player turned TikTok star Dennis Ombachi aka the Roaming Chef, was on Saturday named the overall winner of TikTok’s inaugural Top Creator 2022 award ceremony.
The awards held at the Mövenpick Hotel and Residences in Nairobi, were hosted by former TV presenter and PR guru Anyiko Owoko.
The awards brought together a host of TikTok stars from Kenya and others from the continent as the platform recognized content creators for their talent and creativity.
“I already dedicated this award to my kids and partner but this is for Kenya,” the elated father of two said in his acceptance speech.
The runner-up for the overall award across Sub-Saharan Africa was @charityekezie from Nigeria.
The winners of the Top Creator Awards for West, Southern, and East Africa were @e4ma from Nigeria, @Pilot_onthegram from South Africa, and @natasha_gwal from Kenya respectively.
Boniswa Sidwaba, TikTok’s head of content programming in Sub-Saharan Africa, stated that the award ceremony is TikTok’s way of recognizing storytellers, creativity, and the positive impact all creators bring to the TikTok community.
“We are thrilled to be celebrating our creators who have been a driving force behind some of the exciting trends for 2022. With these inaugural awards, TikTok aims to give creators in Sub-Saharan Africa the recognition they deserve and to encourage them to tell the African story while spreading joy at all times,” Boniswa said.
The awards were determined through a highly competitive eight-day-long public voting process on the app across Southern, West, and East Africa.