SuperSport Launches Fan-Voted African EPL Monthly Award

In Short

SuperSport has launched a fan-voted African Premier League Player of the Month award. Bryan Mbeumo won the first edition for August 2026.

What Happened

SuperSport launched the SuperSport African Premier League Player of the Month award on 15 September 2026.

SuperSport is part of MultiChoice Group, a CANAL+ company. The idea is simple, fans across Africa vote each month for the best performing African player in the Premier League.

The inaugural winner is Manchester United and Cameroon forward Bryan Mbeumo, picked for his August 2026 performances. SuperSport highlighted his early-season impact, including a lobbed goal in United’s 5-2 win over Ipswich Town.

Voting runs for 72 hours each month. A shortlist of African players is created based on the previous month’s performances, then fans choose a winner.

Fans vote via SuperSport Predictor, which is a prediction and polling platform inside SuperSport’s Premier League coverage. It is accessible through the myDStv App, the myGOtv App, the SuperSport App, the SuperSport website, and promotional QR codes. Subscribers can also qualify for prizes tied to the broader Predictor experience.

Why It Matters

For MultiChoice’s sports business, this is another engagement lever to keep viewers active between matchdays. Fan voting is a direct feedback loop, and it creates recurring monthly moments that can support retention for pay TV and streaming bundles.

For advertisers, a time-boxed poll with repeat monthly cycles can be packaged as sponsorship inventory. It also helps SuperSport build more first-party audience signals, which are user actions captured on its own platforms.

For African football audiences, the award formalises a continent-wide recognition layer inside a global league. It also gives SuperSport more exclusive content around African talent, from trophy presentations to player interviews.