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A two –day symposium on
African football with the theme, ‘African Football: Our Vision’ ended in Rabat,
Morocco on Wednesday with high hopes for the future of the African game.
Presidents and General
Secretaries of CAF’s 55 Member Associations were joined by Chairmen of Leagues,
top –notch club owners, marketing gurus, media luminaries, broadcast partners,
legal experts and playing legends at enthusiastic sessions held inside the
International Conference Centre Mohammed VI in Skhirat, on the outskirts of
Morocco’s administrative capital.
“This symposium will prove
crucial to the future of African football. We must be united and work very
hard, and be sincere in putting the best ideas on the table to propel African
football to new levels,” said Infantino.
In an impressive mix of
English and French (and a few words in Arabic), the FIFA boss also pledged the
world body’s support for the steps that must be taken to reposition the African
game, while acknowledging that women football in African has potential to be a
much bigger brand. He also asserted that long –term investment is the way to go
for African football.
CAF President Ahmad, who
spoke after Morocco’s Minister of Youth and Sports, Rachid Talmi and Infantino
during Tuesday’s opening ceremony, said: “The truth is that we must find
consensus here on the way forward for the African game. We must focus on the
essentials and forge a change in the direction of the African game. We will be
having a different symposium for the women’s game in the first quarter of
2018.”
After the first session
that had Infantino, Ahmad, UNAIDS’ Djibril Diallo and beIN Media Group’s Nasser
El Khelaifi, the gathering broke into different work groups, who made
recommendations and proposals that were presented and harmonized on Tuesday.
The proposals from the work groups, and submissions from different stakeholders
as collated, would be considered by the CAF Executive Committee at its meeting
on Thursday morning.
A CAF Extra –Ordinary
General Assembly will take place at the Hotel Sofitel in Rabat on Friday.
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