Anne Kansiime beat out top comedians in Africa Photo: Facebook/Kansiime

Uganda’s Anne Kansiime beat out top African comedians to bag the Favorite Comedian gong in the Nollywood & African People’s Choice Award.

She beat long time favourites like Basket Mouth, Klint the Drunk and Nkemi Owoh.

Her response to the win was a simple, “The grace of the Lord is always sufficient. #‎SharedBlessings

?#‎IAmAReason”

Also slaying the competition was Tanzania’s own Diamond, who won the Artist of the year and Song of the year awards.

The Nollywood & African Film Critics’ Awards, commonly known as The African Oscars, are U.S. awards for achievements in the film industry and The NAFCA Honors are awarded to recognize outstanding individuals whose professional careers have been marked by extraordinary personal and professional accomplishments.

The 5th NAFCA and The NAFCA Honors 2015 awards will be held at the Orpheum Theatre of Los Angeles, California USA on the 12th of September.