The members of the Technical & Media committees of CAF will be sending their votes of the best African footballer of 2001 before the end of November. After reception of the votes, the first three best nominees will be announced in December and the winner of the 2001 African best footballer award will be announced on the occasion of the African Soccer Awards ceremony which will be organised in South Africa in March/April 2002.

The nominees of this year's best African footballer award are:

Ghana: Samuel Kuffor (Bayern Munich-GER) Derrick Boateng (Panathinaikos-GRE) Micheal Essien (Bastia-FRA) Ibrahim Tanko (Friboug-GER)
Algeria: Gemal Belmadi (OM-FRA) Rafik Saifi (Troyes-FRA)
Angola: Manuel Pedro "Mantorras" (Benfica-POR) Flavio (Petro Atletico - ANG)
Cameroon: Samuel Eto (Real Mallorca -SPA) FoŽ (Lyon ? FRA) Lauren (Arsenal - ENG) Mboma (Parma ?ITA), Salomon Olembe (Nantes -FRA)
Cote D?Ivoire: Aruna Dindane (Anderlecht-BEL) Ibrahima Bakayoko (OM-FRA) B. Kalou (Feyenoord-HOL) Olivier Tebily (Glasgow Celtic ENG)
Egypt: Hany Ramzy (Kaiserslauten-GER) Ahmed Hossam Ajax-HOL) Hossam Hassan (Zamalek ? EGY), Ibrahim Saeed (Ahly- EGY) El Yamani (Standard Liege ?BEL)
Guinea:Pablo Thiam (Bayern Munich-GER)
Mali: Ismael Koulibaly (Fribourg ? GER)
Morocco:Naybet Nourridien (D. La Coruna -SPA) Adel Ramzi (PSV-HOL) Mustafa Hadji (Aston Villa-ENG) Abdelilah Fahmi (Lille - FRA)
Nigeria:Victor Agali (Schalke 04-GER) Joe Ottaka (Hamburg-GER)
Senegal: El Hadj Diouf (Lens-FRA) Fadiga (Auxere-FRA) Ferdinand Coly (Lens-FRA)
Sierra Leone: Mohamed Kallon (Inter Milan-ITA)
South Africa: Shaun Partlett (Charlton-ENG) Sibusiso Zuma (FC Copenhagen-DEN) Bennett Mnguni (Mamelodi Sundowns and RSA)
Tunisia: Zoubier Baya (Besiktas-TUR) Adel Sellimi (Fraiboug-GER) Khaled Badra (Genoa-ITA) Ali Zitouni (Esperance - TUN), Ziad Jaziri (Etoile