Tetu Shani has won various awards and received multiple accolades, such as:-
- In 2017, Tetu Shani’s song “Samalina” earned him the Silver Award for outstanding achievement at the Global Music Awards. This followed his earlier success with the single “Round and Round,” which secured the Bronze Award in July 2015.
- Won the Best New Age Contemporary Artist award at the inaugural 2017 Cafe Ngoma Awards.
- A two-time winner of the Best Live Band award, in both 2018 and 2019 Sondeka Awards.
- He was among the selected 100 independent African artists in the emPawa Artist 100 select program by Nigerian artist Mr Eazi. Each of the 100 selected artists received a grant of $3,000 (USD) to fund the production of a professional music video.
- He was featured on CNN’s Open Voices, a CNN program which highlights the continent’s most dazzling trendsetters.
- His song “Watch Out” was featured in the popular South African drama series Blood and Water (Season 2) on Netflix.
- He has also received numerous nominations for his music.
