Following over two weeks of voting by football fans across the world, the winner of the BBC African Footballer of the Year will be announced live on Focus on Africa on BBC World News, BBC World Service.
For the first time ever, BBC Brit will also broadcast the winner reveal.
Peter Okwoche, presenter of BBC World News’s Focus on Africa will travel to the winner’s club to hand over the coveted trophy and deliver an exclusive interview with the fans’ favourite.
The five contenders for this year’s BBC African Footballer of the Year award were Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon and Borussia Dortmund); André Ayew (Ghana and West Ham United); Riyad Mahrez (Algeria and Leicester City); (Sadio Mané Senegal and Liverpool F.C.); Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast and Manchester City); Peter Okwoche says: “There has been much debate about who might win this year’s BBC African Footballer of the Year but, as always, it’s the fans who decide. That is what makes this award so special and we’re excited to reveal who the winner is to our audience on Monday.”
Previous winners of the award include: Yaya Touré (2015); Yacine Brahimi (2014); Yaya Touré (2013); Christopher Katongo (2012); and André Ayew (2011).
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