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#lightupnigeria, Nmachi Jidenma, Wild Fusion & Banky W honoured as Sowambe Announces Winners for their first-ever Social Media Awards
After two weeks of intense voting and heightened excitement, Sowambe announces the winners for the first-ever Sowambe Awards for Social Media. Sowambe is simply an acronym for – Social Web Addicts in Media, Business and Entertainment. In the Yoruba language, ‘sowambe?’ means “are you there?”. So we’re asking: Are you there? Are you in the social media space? Are you a social web addict?
Here’s the full list of top social web addicts in Media, Business and Entertainment for the last one year:
Best Social Aggregation Tool
Tweetdeck
Best Micro-Blogging Platform
Twitter
Best Social Networking Site
Facebook
Best Social Media Job Site
Jobberman
Best Social Media Thinker/Influencer
Adeola Kayode (www.adeolakayode.com) (Winner)
Dayo Adefila (1st Runner-up)
Abasiama Idaresit (2nd Runner-up)
Best Social Media TV/Radio Station
The Beat 99.9 FM
Best Social Media Activist
‘Gbenga Sesan
Best Social Media Site
Twitter
Best Social Media Newspaper
NEXT (www.234next.com)
Best Social Media Politician
Babatunde Fashola (Winner)
Nuhu Ribadu (1st runner-up)
Goodluck Jonathan (2nd runner-up)
Best Social Media Celebrity
Banky W (Winner)
D’banj (1st Runner-up)
MI (2nd Runner-up)
Best Social Media Personality
Nmachi Jidenma
Best Use of Facebook (Personal Brand)
Goodluck Jonathan
Best Use of Facebook (Corporate Brand)
Samsung Mobile
Best Use of Twitter (Personal Brand)
Eldee The Don – @eldeethedon
Best Use of Twitter (Corporate Brand)
Arik Air – @arikair (Winner)
UBA Group – @ubagroup (1st Runner-up)
GTBank – @gtbank (2nd Runner-up)
Best Use of Youtube (Corporate Brand)
Oceanic Bank
Best Ad Campaign on Facebook
The Experience 2010
Best Digital Media Agency
Wild Fusion (www.wildfusions.com)
Best Twitter Trend
#lightupnigeria