The CANAL+ Group has announced that its subsidiary MultiChoice, via SuperSport, has reached an agreement with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the broadcasting rights to the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2025 (CAN 2025) in English- and Portuguese-speaking sub-Saharan African countries.
Thanks to a long-standing contract, CANAL+ Afrique already holds French-language pay-TV rights across all of French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa for all matches in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The CANAL+ Group thus becomes the first and only broadcaster on the African continent to offer the entire competition in French, English, Portuguese, and several local African languages.
David Mignot, CEO of CANAL+ Africa, explains what this means for subscribers: "Our recent acquisition of the MultiChoice group is already creating exceptional opportunities and prospects for all our subscribers. This year, the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2025 perfectly embodies this shared ambition: to combine our expertise to offer unprecedented coverage. What's more, broadcasting this competition in several languages is a powerful way to connect with our viewers. For all these reasons, our subscribers will be able to enjoy the greatest celebration of African football."
CANAL+ and SuperSport promise unparalleled editorial expertise with a prestigious team of journalists, consultants, and legendary figures from African soccer, including Cédric Kante, Mamadou Niang, Fousseni Diawara, Claude Le Roy, Samuel Lobé, Salomon Kalou, Carol Tshabalala, Daniel Akpeyi, Teko Modise, Bongani Khumalo, Shaun Barlett, Amanda Dlamini, Simphiwe Dludlu, and more.
African viewers will be thrilled by the exploits of African stars Victor Osimhen (Nigeria), Mohamed Salah (Egypt), Sadio Mané (Senegal), Ronwen Williams (South Africa), and Riyad Mahrez (Algeria), to name but a few.
For his part, CAF President Dr. Patrice Motsepe is delighted: "This is an important day for CAF and for African soccer. When the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations takes place in Morocco this December, all Africans on the continent and beyond will follow the event with pride. Millions of people will watch the matches on television, celebrating the best that African football has to offer. The previous Africa Cup of Nations in Côte d'Ivoire attracted around 1.5 billion television viewers worldwide. We believe that this upcoming edition will be an even greater success, reaching new audiences while inspiring the world once again. When 180 nations express interest in broadcasting the CAN, it proves the public's enthusiasm for African soccer.