Algerian star and Leicester City forward, Riyad Mahrez has been announced the Africa's Best Player. Mahrez was announced the best player at the 2016 Glo CAF Awards, which held in Abuja, Nigeria amidst pomp and glee on Thursday, December 5, 2016.Kelechi Iheanacho, Asisat Oshoala and the Nigerian Falcons made the country proud by nabbing different categories of the sporting award. While Iheanacho won the award for the most prominent talent in Africa, Asisat won herself the Women's player of the year award and the award for women national team of the year went to the Nigerian Falcons. Tanzanian music act, Diamond Platnumz and Afrobeat maestro, Femi Kuti were on the stand to entertain guests with thrilling performances. Here is the list of all the winners at the prestigious awards ceremony.

Women National Team of the year: Nigeria Falcon

National Team of the year: Cranes of Uganda

Club of the year Award: Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa

Coach of the Year Award: Pitso Mosimane (Mamelodi Sundowns’ head coach)

Most Promising Talent: Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City and Nigeria)

Women’s Player of the Year Award: Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria and Arsenal Ladies)

Referee of the Year Award: Bakary Papa GASSAMA (Gambia)

Legend Award: Emilienne Mbango (former Cameroon player) and Laurent Pokou (former player of Côte d’Ivoire)

African Player of the Year (Based in Africa) - Denis Onyango (Uganda & Mamelodi Sundowns)

African Player of the Year (2017): Riyad Mahrez (Algeria and Leicester City)

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have released the list of the 10 best African players based in European leagues ahead of the announcement of African Player of the Year award for 2015, which will see one of the 10 on the list crowned as the continent’s best player. The 10 nominees will be decided by a voting process that will include the coaches or technical directors of the 54 national associations affiliated to CAF. Top players among the nominees include the likes of current and four-time African player of the year, Yaya Toure of Cote D’Ivoire, Porto’s Algerian star Yacine Brahimi, Gabonese talent Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Borussia Dortmund and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah, who plays in Serie A for Roma. Of the 10 players on this list, only Manchester City midfielder and Cote D’Ivoire national team captain Toure has been included in a list of nominees for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2015.
 The announcement of the top player in Africa will take place at an awards gala will be held on Thursday, 7 January 2016 in Abuja, Nigeria.
Shortlist of 10 Footballers For African Player of the Year 
André Ayew (Ghana & Swansea)
Aymen Abdennour (Tunisia & Valencia)
Mudather Eltaib Ibrahim ‘Karika’ (Sudan & El Hilal)
Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Roma)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Borussia Dortmund)
Sadio Mané (Senegal & Southampton)
Serge Aurier (Cote d’Ivoire & Paris Saint Germain)
Sofiane Feghouli (Algeria & Valencia)
Yacine Brahimi ( Algeria & Porto)
Yaya Touré (Cote d’Ivoire & Manchester City)