Davido beats Wizkid to award for best African act

The Nigerian superstar Davido beat compatriot Wizkid to grab the MTV Europe award for best African act yesterday.

They have both been nominated for the award at least two times each.

Davido was performing in Angola's capital Luanda this weekend so didn't make it to the ceremony. But he thanked everyone, including his mother, in an Instragram post:

I’M ON FiAAAAAAA!! ???? Thank you everybody. THIS IS FOR YOU MOM! ?? ???? #30BG

A post shared by Davido Adeleke (@davidoofficial) on Nov 12, 2017 at 9:37am PST

The post said "I'M ON FiAAAAAAA!!!" making a reference to his new song FIA:

Thank You again World!!!????!! MTV Best African Act 2017 !!! SHUKU SHAKER!! ????

A post shared by Davido Adeleke (@davidoofficial) on Nov 13, 2017 at 2:21am PST

AHHHHHH! We are soooo happy to have @iam_Davido as the winner for this year's @MTVEMA? 2017 Best Africa Act! #MTVEMA fall on you

More #MTVEMA  updates coming your way! pic.twitter.com/AgCIpNAQhq

— MTV Base Africa (@MTVBaseAfrica) November 12, 2017

The other contenders included South Africans Nasty C and Babes Wodumo, Kenyan Nyashinski and Angolan C4 Pedro.

The latter had told Focus on Africa radio before the ceremony, that it was about time a Portuguese speaker won.