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CAF
18-07-2025
- Sport
- CAF
Senegal join East African trio for four-nation CHAN warm-up tournament
Published: Friday, 18 July 2025 Defending champions Senegal have been confirmed as the fourth team in a crucial preparatory tournament ahead of the 2024 TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN), set to take place in East Africa. The West African giants step in as late replacements for Congo Brazzaville, who pulled out of the mini-tournament due to logistical challenges. The event will be staged from 21 to 27 July in Arusha, Tanzania, and features CHAN 2024 co-hosts Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. Organised under the auspices of CECAFA, the four-team competition is designed to offer vital match practice for the participating sides less than two weeks before CHAN kicks off on 2 August. Yusuf Mossi, Competitions Director at the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA), said the inclusion of Senegal enhances the competitive level of the warm-up event. 'It is unfortunate Congo Brazzaville withdrew because of some logistical challenges, but having Senegal come in to take part will give our teams Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania a real test of a team from another zone,' Mossi said. 'It is very good that this tournament is played because it will give coaches chances to test several players and also get teams to gain a lot of match fitness because most of the leagues ended several weeks ago.' The mini-tournament will adopt a round-robin format, with each team playing three matches. Kenya will open the competition against regional rivals Uganda on 21 July. Hosts Tanzania face Senegal a day later. On 24 July, Uganda play Senegal while Kenya lock horns with Tanzania. The tournament wraps up on 27 July with Kenya facing Senegal and Uganda battling the Taifa Stars. The 2024 CHAN finals will be held across three East African countries – Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania – from 2 to 30 August, featuring national teams composed exclusively of players who play in their respective domestic leagues.
CAF
16-07-2025
- Sport
- CAF
East African hosts line up mini-tournament ahead of TotalEnergies CHAN 2024
Published: Wednesday, 16 July 2025 As anticipation builds for the 2024 TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN), co-hosts Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania are set to fine-tune their preparations with a four-nation mini-tournament in Arusha, Tanzania, from 21 to 27 July. The three East African hosts will be joined by Congo Brazzaville, who are also set to participate in the CHAN tournament proper. The warm-up event comes just days before the official kick-off of the continental competition, scheduled for 2 August in Dar es Salaam. Organised under the umbrella of the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA), the tournament aims to help the participating nations test their systems, assess team chemistry, and make final adjustments. 'The primary objective of this competition is to offer our Zonal teams a valuable platform to prepare adequately ahead of the African Nations Championship,' said CECAFA Executive Director Auka John Gecheo. The mini-tournament will follow a round-robin format, with each team playing three matches. The side with the most points after all matchdays will be crowned the winner. On Matchday 1 (July 21), Kenya's Harambee Stars will take on regional rivals Uganda Cranes, while Tanzania will face Congo Brazzaville. On Matchday 2 (July 24), Uganda will meet Congo, while Tanzania square off against Kenya. The final round of fixtures is expected to provide valuable insight into each team's readiness ahead of CHAN. Kenya head coach Benni McCarthy welcomed the initiative, calling it 'an ideal dress rehearsal' for the tournament. 'It will really be a good opportunity to see the players in a real competitive set-up,' said McCarthy. 'This is also a chance for us to evaluate the systems we've worked on and observe how the players respond under match pressure. It's crucial for building momentum ahead of our opening game against DR Congo.' The four teams have been drawn into different groups for CHAN 2024: Kenya in Group A, Tanzania in Group B, Uganda in Group C, and Congo Brazzaville in Group D. Kenya open their CHAN campaign on 3 August against DR Congo at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani. Tanzania will face Burkina Faso in the tournament opener on 2 August in Dar es Salaam, while Uganda play Algeria on 4 August, followed by Congo's clash with Sudan in Zanzibar the next day.
Zawya
19-05-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Airtel Africa, MTN seek infrastructure sharing deal in Rwanda and Congo
Africa's telecommunication giants Airtel Africa Plc and South Africa's MTN Group are looking for opportunities to share network infrastructure in Rwanda, Congo-Brazzaville and Zambia in a bid to lower capital and operational costs, enhance the quality of service to customers and extend digital and financial inclusion across Africa. Airtel disclosed in its latest audited financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2025, that the planned infrastructure sharing agreements target sharing of all access network equipment, including the antenna, mast and backhaul equipment collectively referred to as Radio Access Network (RAN). The latest disclosure comes after the two telcos concluded similar agreements in Uganda and Nigeria in March this year targeting improved network cost efficiencies, expanded coverage and the provision of enhanced mobile services to millions of customers, particularly those in remote and rural areas who do not yet fully enjoy the benefits of a modern connected life.'Following the conclusion of agreements in Uganda and Nigeria, MTN and Airtel Africa are exploring various opportunities in other markets, including Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Zambia,' says Airtel. Telecom infrastructure sharing is a growing trend in the telecommunications industry, where different service providers share resources like cell towers and network equipment and most of these infrastructure sharing agreements are the result of commercial negotiations rather than regulatory intervention. The practices help to reduce costs and has the potential to enable the delivery of world-class, reliable mobile services to more and more customers across Africa. RAN sharing is the most comprehensive form of access network sharing involving the sharing of all access network equipment, including the antenna, mast and backhaul equipment. Airtel Africa which has operations in 14 African countries says reaching underserved communities is its key priority and the company would continue to expand rural coverage through new site rollouts and investment in spectrum and technologies to support increased capacity to facilitate corporate purpose of transforming lives.'As part of ensuring our services are future ready, in addition to purchasing spectrum, we grew our fibre infrastructure and 5G capabilities and remain committed to our investment into data centres to further support digital inclusion across our markets,' the telco says. Airtel group continues to invest in its network and distribution infrastructure to enhance both mobile connectivity and financial inclusion across its countries of operation.'In particular, we continue to invest in expanding our 4G and 5G network to increase data capacity, deploy new sites – especially in rural areas – thereby enhancing coverage and connectivity,' it says.'Our refreshed strategy puts the customer at the core of our strategy. We believe that by ensuring great customer experience, we will deliver on our corporate purpose of transforming lives across Africa.'Airtel says it remains focused on enhancing its 4G network availability, along with expanding newly launched 5G technology in key markets like Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.'Mobile money continues to be a key growth engine for the Group. We remain focused on building Africa's most accessible and inclusive digital financial services platform—one that delivers both impact and sustainable value for Airtel Africa,' it says. Last year Airtel Africa Plc concluded a deal to extend its telecommunication tower lease agreements with the American Tower Corporation (ATC) across its four subsidiaries in Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria and Niger by 12 years. The extension of the tower lease agreements is expected to help Airtel Africa reduce the risks of network failures and increase the maximum amount of data (information) that can be transmitted over a network to effectively rollout the 5G network. The deal is also expected to help the company reduce its operating expenses by focusing on renewable energy solutions across a significant number of sites. © Copyright 2022 Nation Media Group. All Rights Reserved. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (
Arab News
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Arab News
FIFA lift ban on Congo Brazzaville
JOHANNESBURG: A ban on Congo Brazzaville competing in international competitions has been lifted, a FIFA statement said on Thursday. For the latest updates, follow us @ArabNewsSport
BBC News
15-05-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Congo-Brazzaville cleared to return to international football
Fifa has lifted the suspension of Congo-Brazzaville from international football after several conditions were sanction was imposed in February because of third-party interference in the affairs of the country's football association (Fecofoot).At the time, Fifa said a "particularly serious situation" of undue influence constituted "a clear violation of Fecofoot's obligations" under the world governing body's led to the postponement of Congo's 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers against Tanzania and Zambia, which were scheduled to be held in conditions to lift the suspension included the return of full control of Fecofoot's headquarters and the association's other facilities to the Fecofoot executive is yet to be announced if the two suspended World Cup qualifiers will be final four games of the group campaign are scheduled to take place in September and October, with African play-offs then due to be played in November.
