The Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (C) decided to increase the financial prizes for the Nations Cup, which begins on Sunday in Cameroon.
CAF said in a statement on its website, today, Friday, that the prizes for the next edition of the African Nations will be distributed according to this division:
Hero: $5 million, an increase of 500,000 compared to the last edition that took place in Egypt in 2019.
Runner-up: $2.75 million, an increase of $250,000.
Semi-finalists: $2.2 million, an increase of $200,000.
Quarter-finalists: $1.175 million, an increase of 175,000.
These amounts represent a total increase in Africa Cup of Nations prize money amounting to $1,850 million.