The Confederation of African Football has announced the nominees for the 2026 CAF Women’s Awards, with three Nigerian footballers making the shortlist across different categories.
The list, published on the football governing body’s social media page on Tuesday, features 10 contenders each for the Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year and Goalkeeper of the Year awards. Ten countries were also shortlisted for the National Team of the Year prize.
Edo Queens goalkeeper Christiana Uzoma earned a nomination in the Goalkeeper of the Year category.
Nigeria also has two representatives in the Young Player of the Year race, with Benfica and Falconets forward Seimeyeha Janet Akekoromowei and Robo Queens and Flamingos forward Oluwakemi Adegbuyi making the list.
The country was further nominated for the National Team of the Year award. However, no Nigerian player was shortlisted for the Women’s Player of the Year category.
The winners will be unveiled at the 2026 CAF Awards ceremony scheduled to take place in Lagos State on Monday, December 7.
Among the leading names in the Player of the Year category is Malawi’s Temwa Chawinga, who featured in the top 10 of the 2026 women’s Ballon d’Or rankings.
Cameroon’s Michaely Bihina received nominations in both the Player of the Year and Goalkeeper of the Year categories, while Senegal’s Adji Ndiaye is shortlisted for Goalkeeper of the Year and Young Player of the Year.
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Cabo Verde is the only country nominated for National Team of the Year without a representative in any of the three individual award categories.
Below is the full list of nominees:
Player of the Year
- Marine Dafeur – Algeria
- Marie Ngah Manga – Cameroon
- Michaely Bihina – Cameroon
- Monique Ngock – Cameroon
- Portia Boakye – Ghana
- Tabitha Chawinga – Malawi
- Temwa Chawinga – Malawi
- Hanane Aït El Haj – Morocco
- Thembi Kgatlana – South Africa
- Barbra Banda – Zambia
Young Player of the Year
- Romaine Gandonou – Benin
- Maëva Nyadjou – Cameroon
- Grace-Ruth Sery – Côte d’Ivoire
- N’Sira Ouédraogo – Côte d’Ivoire
- Rose Kadzere – Malawi
- Kautar Azraf – Morocco
- Seimeyeha Janet Akekoromowei – Nigeria
- Oluwakemi Adegbuyi – Nigeria
- Adji Ndiaye – Senegal
- Winfrida Gerald – Tanzania
Goalkeeper of the Year
- Chloe N’Gazi – Algeria
- Michaely Bihina – Cameroon
- Cynthia Konlan – Ghana
- Mercy Sikelo – Malawi
- Fatoumata Karantao – Mali
- Khadija Er-Rmichi – Morocco
- Christiana Uzoma – Nigeria
- Adji Ndiaye – Senegal
- Kaylin Swart – South Africa
- Hazel Nali – Zambia
National Team of the Year
- Algeria
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Ghana
- Malawi
- Mali
- Morocco
- Nigeria
- South Africa
At the November 2025 edition of the CAF Awards, Nigeria’s Super Falcons won the Women’s National Team of the Year prize, while Brighton goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie claimed the Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year award for the third consecutive time.