Musical duo P-Square has been picked as one of the nominees for this year's Future Awards Africa event.
The long list for the biggest youth award on the continent, the Young Person of the Year – The Africa Prize, has been unveiled by the Central Working Committee (CWC) of The Future Awards Africa with P-Square and eight others listed.
The Future Awards Africa which has been described by the World Bank as 'The Nobel Prize for Young Africans', partners with African Union (AU) this year.
The winner of this award will be announced at the awards ceremony to hold in August 2013, in addition, all the honourees will be given plaques.
"We are extremely pleased with our honourees and the entire list presented by The Future Project this year, at every turn, these young African stars inspire us," stated Tonye Cole, Managing Director of Sahara Energy, who is a member of the Audit Committee for The Future Awards.
"We are also extremely grateful to the African Union Commission for partnering with us this year."