The BBC African Sports Personality of the Year was an annual award given to the best African sports personality of the year as voted by the BBC radio listeners. Voting was done via SMS and online.
Mohamed Salah was named BBC African Sports Personality of the Year in 2017 and 2018
Jay-Jay Okocha
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Augustine Azuka "Jay-Jay" Okocha is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He had 73 caps for the Nigeria national team between 1993 and 2006, scoring 14 goal
BBC African Sports Personality of the Year
…became centred around football from 2001 onwards, Cameroon's Patrick M'Boma was the last person to win it as a sports award. Nigeria's Nwankwo Kanu and Jay-Jay Okocha, as well as the Ivory Coast's Yaya Touré and Egypt's Mohamed Salah are the only players to win the award more than once, with two wins. In 2019, the…
Okocha in 2017
Okocha playing for Eintracht Frankfurt c. 1992
Okocha (first from right, below), alongside Kaká, Seedorf, Puyol, Makélélé, Salgado, Pires and Júlio César, before an exhibition match as part of the Abraham Accords Festival and Games, held at Expo 2020 in Dubai.