Ugandan gospel singer Mungu Feni has added one other prestigious accolade to his rising listing of achievements after successful Best Gospel Artist Content Creator of the Year on the 2026 Africa Content Creators Awards (ACCA) held in Kigali, Rwanda.
Born Bernard Feni, the Arua primarily based musician emerged victorious in one of many ceremony’s best classes, beating nominees from throughout Africa, together with Nigeria’s Gaise Baba, Rwanda’s Chryso Ndasingwa and Meddy, in addition to Kenya’s Bella Kombo.
The award is a big milestone for the quick rising gospel star, whose music has steadily gained worldwide recognition regardless of working outdoors Africa’s conventional leisure capitals. The ACCA celebrates excellent digital creators and storytellers throughout the continent via a mix of public voting and knowledgeable analysis.
An emotional Feni devoted the award to his followers and to God “This victory belongs to everybody who has believed in me, streamed my music, shared it, and voted for me. From Uganda to each nook of Africa, thanks for strolling this journey with me. Above all, I give all of the glory to God as a result of none of this might be attainable with out Him,” he mentioned after receiving the award.
Feni has constructed a formidable digital presence with out counting on giant scale live shows. His music is obtainable on main streaming platforms, together with Spotify, YouTube, Audiomack, Boomplay, SoundCloud and Shazam, the place he has amassed greater than three million streams. His songs additionally take pleasure in common airplay on channels reminiscent of Trace Gospel, Trace Mziki, Trace Naija, TBN Africa and Pearl Magic, serving to him attain audiences throughout the continent.
The newest recognition provides to an already outstanding 12 months for the singer. Earlier in 2026, he was named Artist of the Yearat Ghana’s Prestigious Personalities Awards, having additionally gained Best New Star Gospel Artist on the 2025/2026 Shining Stars Africa Awards.
Away from music, Mungu Feni can be identified for his humanitarian work via the Mungu Feni Foundation and his enterprise, Euro Gold. His basis has obtained a number of awards for empowering youth and supporting weak communities in Uganda’s West Nile area.
For Feni, the most recent continental award represents greater than private success.
“This conjures up me to maintain creating music that uplifts individuals and reminds them there’s hope. My mission has at all times been to make use of each music and repair to make a optimistic distinction,” he mentioned.
