Splendors and miseries of African football

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Patrice Motsepe is the eighth fortune of the African continent, according to the magazine "Forbes".

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By: Hugo Moissonnier

20 mins

On Friday March 12, 2021, African football will have a new boss.

Patrice Motsepe will take the head of CAF, the African Football Confederation, he replaces the Malagasy Ahmad, suspended by FIFA for embezzlement.

Governance problems which remain a brake on the development of football in Africa.

The editorial magazine visited Cameroon, an emblematic country which has just hosted CHAN and which will host CAN in 2022, the two major continental competitions.

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"Splendors and miseries of African football", a great report in Cameroon by Hugo Moissonnier.

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