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The official ball of the CAN, at a press conference preceding the start of the competition, on June 20, 2019, in Cairo. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP

The 24-nation Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) begins Friday (June 20th) in Egypt and RFI will broadcast exclusively more than 40 matches on its World and Africa channels. Detail of the exceptional device of the Radio of the world for this major competition of the African football.

After the signing of an agreement with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) , RFI will be able to offer its listeners in Africa, but also in France, more than forty matches live and in full. And World Radio has deployed an exceptional arsenal to cover the African Cup of Nations (CAN). Programming in detail:

  • More than 40 live games

Of the 52 games scheduled, RFI has planned to broadcast 41, the never seen, since up to three meetings will be broadcast on certain days. This both on our African antenna ( RFI Africa ) and on the World antenna. From the round of 16, all games will be broadcast in full.

  • CAN Journal

A novelty in 2019, RFI will broadcast a Journal of the CAN , with elements of our 22 special envoys. You can listen to them at 3:42, 4:42, 5:42, 6:42 and 7:42 UT and have a summary of the competition in five minutes.

  • Foot Radio in special programming

From Monday to Friday, Radio Foot Internationale will also have a special program, but its two editions (afternoon and evening) will be broadcast all targets (on World and Africa Antennas). But the slot schedule will be changed to not coincide with CAN matches. Thus, the broadcast will take place at 13:10 UTC (instead of 15:10 UTC), then 19:10 UTC (instead of 21:10 UTC).

  • Mondial Sports gives priority to CAN

The Mondial Sports show, on Saturdays and Sundays, will have the CAN as a priority subject, although the rest of the sports news has its place as well. The Saturday 22nd and 29th editions will, however, be canceled due to the transmission of the live matches.

  • The Chronicle of Joseph-Antoine Bell, every day

Throughout the duration of the CAN, our consultant and former Franco-Cameroonian footballer Joseph-Antoine Bell gives us his analyzes and his predictions, during the Chronicle of Joseph-Antoine Bell daily from Egypt, for a single broadcast at 12:45 UTC .

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  • The Africa Foot site powered by our special envoys to the CAN

The Africa Foot site will also be dedicated in large part to the CAN 2019. Our special envoys in Egypt will bring us closer to the matches daily, with columns, reports, interviews, portraits, videos and videos. sides of the competition.

You can also follow and comment online the highlights of the meetings through the Liveblogs and the summary of the matches on rfi.fr and Afrique Foot .

  • Follow CAN on the RFI Africa WhatsApp and social networks

Also follow CAN 2019 via WhatsApp with RFI Africa . Simply register by clicking here , then send the word "Category" to receive specific content dedicated to the CAN directly on your smartphone.

Continuous coverage will also be provided on social networks with Facebook , Twitter and Instagram accounts from RFI Sports and RFI .

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