Ghanaian–English afrobeats recording and perforning artiste, Nana Richard Abiona, better known by his stagename as Fuse On Da Ground ( Fuse ODG) has received the 2019 edition of the annual Best of Africa Awards’ (BoA) Advocacy Award for being philanthropic in his field of endeavour.
Summing up to be the 8th Edition of the awards night since its inception, the New Africa Nation album crooner received this prestigeous award as a sign of acknowledging his contribution and recognizing him as a trailblazer for the motherland. The event was hosted at Rosewood Hotel, and was scheduled for 6th October, 2019.
Fuse ODG, is a Ghanaian–English recording artist. He is best known for his 2013 single “Antenna” which peaked at number 7 on the UK Singles Chart, and for featuring in Major Lazer’s “Light It Up (Remix)” which also peaked at number 7 on the UK Singles Chart. Born in London and raised in Ghana, Fuse returned to London for his secondary education, where he attended the Archbishop Lanfranc School, Croydon. He grew up in Mitcham, South London.
Now celebrating its eighth year, the BoA continues to bring together the key protagonists who support and underpin socio-economic ethical development across the continent, with the winners of various different categories set to be announced in a ceremony on Sunday evening at the Rosewood Hotel in London.
The BoA were founded in 2011, and has been a success since its inauguration, continuing to recognise and promote the modern African story through sport and other ventures, in the United Kingdom and overseas.
At this year’s event, which has been organised by Polaris Media, Mishcon de Reya and Rainbow Sports, the Best of Africa team will reveal the BoA 100, a list of the greatest one hundred African players to have played in the Premier League in the past. As well as this list, there will also be an unveiling of the BoA Euro-African Premier League XI, which celebrates the PL dream team of European internationals with African origin.
The ceremony, which remains as relevant as it has ever been, is a chance to celebrate Africa’s most illustrious contributions and contributors in professional sport and media, with continental leaders again set to be honoured at Sunday’s dinner.
In previous years, the event organisers have given out the Baobab Award, which celebrates the organisation or project which has demonstrated the greatest impact in the preceding year, as well as the Philanthropic Endeavour awards to celebrate advocacy, leadership, community action and youth engagement.
Each of these awards are to be presented to professional athletes who have excelled in each of these categories, and in past events, a voting panel containing representatives from the Football Association and the Premier League have been responsible for selecting winners. Yaya Toure, Emmanuel Adebayor, Asamoah Gyan and Andre Ayew have all previously attended the event, with Victor Wanyama, Sadio Mane and Alex Iwobi among other recent attendees.
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