On the eve of the Club World Cup kickoff, IRIS Sport Media, a UK-based sports consulting firm commissioned by DAZN to distribute media rights for the inaugural FIFA Club World Cup 2025™, announces the conclusion of numerous broadcasting agreements across Africa. In partnership with Marketing & Media Solutions (MMS) and...
The 4th edition of the African Football Exhibition (SAF) will take place in Abidjan on June 27 and 28.
The African Football Exhibition (SAF) has now established itself as an unmissable event for those involved in football in Africa. The fourth edition will take place on June 27 and 28, 2025, at the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan. Over time, SAF has become a professional meeting place bringing together...
The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup on NCI
The Nouvelle Chaine Ivoirienne (NCI) will broadcast the first ever FIFA Club World Cup free of charge and exclusively in Côte d'Ivoire from June 15. In 2022, NCI decided to acquire and broadcast major soccer competitions (2022 World Cup, 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, and 2024 Champions League). With the...
Achraf HAKIMI wins the Marc-Vivien Foé Award RFI – France 24
(Press release) Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) defender Achraf Hakimi, 26, has won the Marc-Vivien Foé RFI - FRANCE 24 Award for the best African player in France's Ligue 1 during the 2024-2025 season. Nominated four times, he came second in the last edition. He finished ahead of Ivorian striker Evann Nguessand...
CAF launches call for tenders to select a sports marketing agency
(press release) The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced the launch of a tender process to select a global marketing agency that will be responsible for marketing the media, broadcasting, and sponsorship rights for CAF national team competitions, including its major events. These events include the TotalEnergies CAF Africa...
Resumption of qualifying matches for the Ivory Coast national team on NCI
NCI, the new Ivorian channel that announced a few months ago that it had acquired the rights to broadcast the national team's qualifying matches for the next World Cup, which will take place in 2026, will broadcast the rest of the national team's qualifying matches in March. Following the success...
Draw, logo… the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations is taking shape
The TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (CAN), which will take place in Morocco from December 21, 2025, to January 18, 2026, is gradually being unveiled. The official draw procedure for the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (CAN), Morocco 2025, was unveiled on January 26, and the draw, conducted...
Sports events: catalysts for audience and advertising revenue
In 2024, the power of major sporting events broadcast on television was confirmed, with record audiences and growing advertising investments. The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, which took place from January 13, 2024, to February 11 in Ivory Coast, broke all records: According to the Confederation of African Football (CAF),...
Partnership between CANAL+ and CAF for the training of young sports journalists
CAF and CANAL+ International have entered into a three-year strategic partnership aimed at developing training programs for young African talent in the field of sports journalism as part of the CANAL+ University initiative.This partnership, signed by CAF Secretary General Véron Mosengo-Omba and Jacques Dupuy, President of CANAL+ International, aims to...
CAF vs. New World TV: A battle with major repercussions
The world of African soccer has been rocked by a dispute between the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and New World TV Group. This dispute, which concerns broadcasting rights for major competitions, raises important questions about the future of sports media coverage in Africa. It all began with the agreement...