MTV Europe Music Award for Best African Act

The following is a list of the MTV Europe Music Award winners and nominees for Best African Act.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

Year	Artist	Nationality	Ref
2005
	2 face Idibia	Nigeria	[1]
	Kaysha	Democratic Republic of the Congo
	Kleptomaniax	Kenya
	02	Ghana
	Zamajobe	South Africa
2006
	Freshlyground	South Africa	[2]
	Nameless	Kenya
	Juma Nature	Tanzania
	P-Square	Nigeria
	Anselmo Ralph	Angola
2007
	D'banj	Nigeria
	Chameleone	Uganda
	Hip Hop Pantsula	South Africa
	Jua Cali	Kenya
	Samini	Ghana

The award was retired in favour of the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs) starting in 2008.

2010s

The award returned in 2012, since Best Worldwide Act has been added to the EMAs.

Year	Artist	Nationality	Ref
2012
	D'Banj	Nigeria	[3]
	Camp Mulla	Kenya
	Mi Casa	South Africa
	Sarkodie	Ghana
	Wizkid	Nigeria
2013
	LCNVL	South Africa	[4]
	Fuse ODG	Ghana
	Mafikizolo	South Africa
	P-Square	Nigeria
	Wizkid	Nigeria
2014
	Sauti Sol	Kenya	[5]
	Davido	Nigeria
	Goldfish	South Africa
	Diamond	Tanzania
	Toofan	Togo
	Pre-nominations: Mafikizolo Gangs of Ballet Tiwa Savage Anselmo Ralph Sarkodie
2015
	Diamond	Tanzania	[6]
	Davido	Nigeria
	Yemi Alade	Nigeria
	DJ Arafat	Ivory Coast
	AKA	South Africa
	Pre-nominatios: Wizkid K.O Stonebwoy Cassper Nyovest
2016
	Wizkid	Nigeria	[7]
	Black Coffee	South Africa
	Cassper Nyovest	South Africa
	Olamide	Nigeria
	Ali Kiba	Tanzania
2017
	Davido	Nigeria	[8]
	Babes Wodumo	South Africa
	C4 Pedro	Angola
	Nasty C	South Africa
	Nyashinski	Kenya
	WizKid	Nigeria
2018
	Tiwa Savage	Nigeria	[9]
	Distruction Boyz	South Africa
	Davido	Nigeria
	Nyashinnski	Kenya
	Fally Ipupa	Democratic Republic of the Congo
	Shekinah	South Africa
2019
	Burna Boy	Nigeria	[10]
	Harmonize	Tanzania
	Nasty C	South Africa
	Prince Kaybee	South Africa
	Teni	Nigeria
	Toofan	Togo

2020s

Year	Artist	Nationality	Ref
2020
	Master KG	South Africa	[11]
	Burna Boy	Nigeria
	Rema	Nigeria
	Kabza De Small and DJ Maphorisa	South Africa
	Sheebah	Uganda
	Gaz Mawete	Democratic Republic of the Congo

References

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5. "Kenya's Sauti Sol beats Davido to emerge Best African Act at EMAs". Premium Times. October 24, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
6. "2015 MTV EMA: Yemi Alade, Davido, AKA Lose 'Best African Act' To Diamond Platnumz". The Guardian. October 16, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
7. "Wizkid, Olamide, Alikiba, Black Coffee, Cassper Nyovest Nominated For "Best African Act" At MTV EMAs 2016". BHM. September 28, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
8. "2017 MTV EMA: Davido beats Wizkid, Nasty C, C4 Pedro for Best African Act + Full Winners List". GhKings.com. November 13, 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
9. "Distruction Boyz and Shekhinah amongst the list of MTV EMA 2018 nominees". 947. October 4, 2018. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
10. "Nasty C and Prince Kaybee nominated for MTV EMAs". News24. October 3, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
11. "Burna Boy, Rema Clinch 2020 MTV EMA Nominations For Best African Act". The Guardian. October 7, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020.