This comes as another major recognition for the multiple award-winning Nigerian who is putting Afrobeats at the global trend.
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He beat the likes of Tems, Diamond Platnumz, Amaarae, and Focalistic in the tightly-contested category to get the award.
Congratulating the Essence singer on his win, organisers of the event via their Instagram handle, @mtvbaseafrica, wrote, “HUGE congratulations to BIG WIZ @wizkidayo for winning Best African Act! From Lagos to the world #MTVEMA #StarBoyHQ.”
Also, the singer took to his verified Instagram story to repost a video snippet of this announcement as the winner of the category.
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