MTV AFRICA Music Awards 2016- All You Need To Know About The Event!! (Full Details)

Yep! Yep! The MTV MAMA Award show will take place this Saturday, October 22, 2016, at the Ticket Pro Dome, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Naijaloaded.com.ng highlights a few details about the event and why you should really care to watch:

The 8-year award event will feature performances from various African top acts, including- Nasty C, Babes Wodumo, Yemi Alade, Ycee, Cassper Nyovest, Alikiba, Wizkid, DJ Maphorisa, C4 Pedro and Kenya music group Sauti Sol.

 Earlier, confirmation came of supposed MTV MAMA host Trevor Noah being replaced by South African TV personality Bonang Matheba due to health reasons.

America’s rapper FUTURE is a VIP for the event and will perform alongside our Nigerian artists.

 Why You Should Care To Watch MTV MAMA?

Well Nigerian trio Tiwa Savage, Yemi Alade and Wizkid  are all nominated in the MTV MAMA Award show.

Falz, Simi, Tekno, Kiss Daniel and Burna Boy are other Nigerian acts up for awards.

Wizkid and Yemi Alade will face South Africa’s Black Coffee, Kenyan group Sauti Sol, artist Diamondfrom Tanzania for the prestigious Artist of the Year category.

In the Best Female award  category, Tiwa Savage and Yemi Alade will face Josey from Ivory Coast, Mz Vee from Ghana and Vanessa Mdee from Tanzania for the prize.

Tekno, who has had a scintillating 2016 will face Nigerian counterparts in Simi and Falz in the Best Breakthrough category.

We will also have our eyes on Kiss Daniel and Burna Boy. The duo were  nominated in the listener’s choice awards category of the MTV MAMA Awards 2016.

Naijaloaded will keep you updated on the results.

Who should win the prestigious Artist of the Year category in the MTV MAMA’s Between Wizkid, Yemi Alade, Black Coffee, Sauti Sol and Diamond?