BBC African award list to be named

The shortlist for the BBC's 2015 African Footballer of the Year will be revealed on Saturday, when you can start voting.

-The 2015 ONE Africa Award winner will be announced at a ceremony to be held in Accra, Ghana on 20 November 2015 as part of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation Annual Governance Weekend

The 2015 finalists for the annual $100,000 USD ONE Africa Award (http://www.ONE.org/africaaward) were today announced by the ONE Campaign (http://www.ONE.org) in Johannesburg. These are: Africa!Ignite of South Africa; Community Link of Uganda; Support for Women in Agriculture and Environment (SWAGEN) of Uganda; and The...

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