Nigeria’s leading family entertainment channel, wapTV, has been awarded “Best Indigenous TV Channel of the Decade” at the prestigious Marketing Edge Awards held on Friday, September 26, 2025 at the Balmoral Event Centre, Ikeja, Lagos State.
The glamorous event brought together top representatives from renowned corporate brands, advertising agencies, government MDAs and media companies, all recognized for their exceptional contributions to their respective industries.
Launched in 2012, wapTV made history as the first Nigerian television channel to feature on-air personalities (OAPs) speaking in Pidgin English, ensuring inclusivity and entertainment for Nigerians from all walks of life. The channel’s diverse and entertainment-packed programming includes Nigerian movies (in English, Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa), television dramas, reality shows, comedy sketches, music videos, events, celebrity interviews, cooking shows, sports, talk shows, entertainment news, fitness shows and much more, offering something for everyone.
wapTV CEO Wole Adenuga expressed his gratitude:
“We are grateful to Marketing Edge for this honor and as a proud Nigerian television network, we promise to continue to make our country and our fellow Nigerians proud. We are equally grateful to the 40 million regular viewers who watch wapTV daily on satellite television, as well as our 840,000 dedicated YouTube subscribers on waptvchannel, which garners over 5 million views. visits every month.”
Multi-award winning WapTV remains one of Africa’s most accessible entertainment platforms, available in Nigeria and several African countries through DStv Channel 262, StarTimes Channel 116, GOtv Channel 129 and FreeTV Channel 751. Viewers can also enjoy wapTV content anytime through the wapTV mobile app, available for download Free on the iOS App Store and Google Play Store.