Award-winning Nigerian musician, Wizkid, has won the award for the Best African Act in this year’s edition of the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA).

Wizkid defeated the likes of Tems, Diamond Platnumz, Amaarae, and Focalistic in the tightly-contested category to clinch the award.

MTV base in a post congratulating Wizkid on its Instagram handle wrote: “HUGE congratulations to BIG WIZ @wizkidayo for winning Best African Act! From Lagos to the world.”

ALL NEWS writes that Wizkid is presently enjoying recognition from all over the world for his hit song ‘Essence’.

His song from his ‘Made In Lagos’ album has continued to trend on worldwide music charts all year.

Wizkid has also announced the release of his next album soon as he continues his world tour.