{"id":47321,"date":"2026-01-12T20:31:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=47321"},"modified":"2026-01-12T20:31:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:31:01","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignciza-wins-breakout-artist-of-the-year-at-afrima-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/01\/12\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignciza-wins-breakout-artist-of-the-year-at-afrima-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Ciza wins Breakout Artist of the Year at AFRIMA 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_188531\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188531\" class=\"wp-image-188531 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ciza-wins-Breakout-Artist-of-the-Year-at-AFRIMA-2025.jpg?resize=584%2C510&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ciza-wins-Breakout-Artist-of-the-Year-at-AFRIMA-2025.jpg 584w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ciza-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-188531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ciza celebrates AFRIMA breakthrough win with heartfelt message to fans<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rising music star Ciza has marked a major milestone in his career after taking home an award at the African Music Magazine Awards (AFRIMA), earning recognition as Breakout Artist of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>The singer shared his excitement on social media shortly after the win, posting a heartfelt message that reflected both gratitude and disbelief at the achievement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis one is special. For the first time I have no words to express how I feel,\u201d Ciza wrote, adding that while he struggled to articulate the moment, his emotions spoke for themselves. \u201cMy spirit is happy and overwhelmed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ciza went on to thank the supporters who have stood by him since the beginning of his journey, acknowledging their role in his growth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to every single person who has been supporting me from day 1 till now. I am literally nothing without you guys,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, the artist hinted at bigger things to come, describing his career path as only just beginning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is about to be an incredible and crazy journey and I can\u2019t wait to take you guys with me,\u201d he said, before signing off with an aspirational note: \u201cThe sky is not the limit, it\u2019s just a view!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also expressed appreciation to the awards platform itself, concluding his post with, \u201cThank you @afrima.official for Breakout Artist of the Year!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTaeHGYjO4O\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Ciza #wins #Breakout #Artist #Year #AFRIMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Ciza celebrates AFRIMA breakthrough win with heartfelt message to fans Rising music star Ciza has marked a major milestone&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47321"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47323,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47321\/revisions\/47323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}