BET Award for Best International Act: Africa

The BET Award for Best International Act: Africa was an award given to honor the outstanding achievements of international artists from Africa every year before being combined with other BET Award international acts. Wizkid holds the record for most wins in this category.

BET Awards for Best International Act: Africa
Awarded for	Wizkid
Country	United States
Presented by	BET Awards
First award	2010
Currently held by	Wizkid (2017)
Most wins	Wizkid (2)
Most nominations	Wizkid (4)
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In 2015, several African and UK artists criticized BET's treatment of them, saying that their awards were presented to them in a pre-recorded segment backstage. Nigerian popstar Yemi Alade called for an end to the category.^[1] BET's Rights & Research Administrator for Business & Legal Affairs, Lilian Blankson, responded to the criticism in a series of tweets, denying that the award was given out backstage in a pre-recorded segment.^[2]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2010s

Best International Act
Dizzee Rascal (UK) - Winner Kojo Antwi (Ghana) Chipmunk (UK) Estelle (UK) Hip Hop Pantsula(HHP) (South Africa) K'NAAN(Somalia/Canada) M.I (Nigeria) P-Square(Nigeria) Corinne Bailey Rae (UK) Sade (UK)

Year	Artist	Country	Ref
2011
	2face Idibia	Nigeria	[citation needed]
	D'banj
	D-Black	Ghana
	Fally Ipupa	DR Congo
	Angélique Kidjo	Benin
	Teargas	South Africa
2012
	Sarkodie	Ghana	[citation needed]
	Wizkid	Nigeria
	Camp Mulla	Kenya
	Ice Prince	Nigeria
	Lira	South Africa
	Mokobé	Mali
2013
	Ice Prince	Nigeria	[3]
	2face Idibia	Nigeria
	Toya Delazy	South Africa
	Donald
	Goodlyfe Crew	Uganda
	R2Bees	Ghana
2014
	Davido	Nigeria	[4]
	Diamond Platnumz	Tanzania
	Mafikizolo	South Africa
	Sarkodie	Ghana
	Tiwa Savage	Nigeria
	Toofan	Togo
2015
	Stonebwoy	Ghana	[5]
	AKA	South Africa
	Yemi Alade	Nigeria
	Fally Ipupa	DR Congo
	Sarkodie	Ghana
	Sauti Sol	Kenya
	The Soil	South Africa
	Wizkid	Nigeria
2016
	Black Coffee	South Africa	[6]
	AKA	South Africa
	Yemi Alade	Nigeria
	Serge Beynaud	Ivory Coast
	MzVee	Ghana
	Cassper Nyovest	South Africa
	Diamond Platnumz	Tanzania
	Wizkid	Nigeria
2017
	Wizkid	Nigeria	[7]
	AKA	South Africa
	Davido	Nigeria
	Mr Eazi	Ghana
	Nasty C	South Africa
	Stonebwoy	Ghana
	Tekno	Nigeria
	Babes Wodumo	South Africa

Multiple wins and nominations

Most Wins

2 wins

• Wizkid

Nominations

4 nominations Wizkid Sarkodie 3 nominations AKA

2 nominations Yemi Alade Davido Ice Prince Fally Ipupa Diamond Platnumz Stonebwoy

See also

• BET Award for Best International Act: UK