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CAF to conduct Anti-Player Trafficking workshop with all 54 Member FAs!

The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF), through its Member Associations division, will once again gather its 54 Member Associations for a crucial CAF Safeguarding workshop that will focus especially on Anti-Player Trafficking. In 2022, CAF launched the CAF Safeguarding programme through which Safeguarding focal points were appointed across CAF’s 54 …

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African football to test its mettle in Paris 2024!

With the final round of qualifiers for the Women’s Football Tournament at the Olympics for the two African representatives set to take place next month, the official draw of the group stages was officially conducted on Wednesday evening in Paris. Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia are the four nations …

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CAF launches Club Licensing System for Member FAs Top-tier Men’s Competitions!

Following the successful rollout of the pilot phase of the CAF Club Licensing Online Platform (CLOP), CAF is proud to extend the revolutionary initiative to top-tier men’s club competitions across all 54 Member Associations. The CLOP system CLOP is an electronic tool designed by CAF to oversee the club licensing …

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Capacity-Building in Africa: Women’s empowerment in focus!

The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 in Australia and New Zealand demonstrated to the world that women’s football in Africa is going from strength to strength. For the first time ever, three teams from the continent proudly progressed to the Round of 16: Nigeria, South Africa and Morocco. The introduction …

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International Women’s Day goes into overtime in Kwilu-Ngongo with CAF Football Festival!

A total of eighty (80) girls from the villages of Kongo-Central took part in a football festival organised by CAF to conclude the CAF D Licence training programme in Kwilu-Ngongo, DR Congo. The festival, held at the Kwilu-Foot Academy, consisted of various football workshops designed for girls aged between 6 …

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CAF Women’s Football Capacity-building Workshop focuses on strengthening Member FAs Operations!

CAF held a four-day CAF Women’s Football Capacity building workshop in Egypt, Cairo aimed at strengthening Member Association’s operational deliverables in improving the standard of Women’s Football in Africa. The workshop that started on 26 February, was attended by the CAF Member Associations administrators. In the last three years, Women’s …

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Squad lists confirmed for 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup!

Reigning champions of the CAF Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations, Senegal, will be joined by the competition’s runners-up, Egypt at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup set to kick off on Thursday, February 15 in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The 13th edition of the FIFA Beach …

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Afreximbank, CAF & RAF join hands to position football as a lever for growth & promote gender inclusivity!

On the sidelines of the semifinals of the 2023 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) and the Rebranding Africa Forum (RAF) signed a charter that will allow them to collaborate in positioning football as a lever for growth and to …

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CAF conclude Club Licensing Instructors & CLOP Experts Workshop 2024!

The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) concluded a three-day Club Licensing Instructors and Club Licensing Online Platform (CLOP) Experts Workshop 2024. The event, which brought together thirty-three (33) selected candidates, was organised at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, and was the first of its kind since 2017. Following the …

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2023: A prosperous year for African football!

With less than a few hours before the dawn of another year, CAF Media reviews what has been another exceptional and memorable year for African football. Senegal at the summit of Africa An expression that resonated three times this year. 4 February 2023, Senegal lifts the TotalEnergies CAF African Nations …

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