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Newly elected Confederation of Africa Football, CAF President, Patrice Mostepe has promised to restore the dignity of Africa football during his four-year tenure.
Mostepe who became the first South African to occupy the seat and the seventh CAF supremo promised in his acceptance speech at the end of the elections in Rabat, Morocco, Friday said that he will chart a new path for Africa football.
The 43rd CAF General Assembly on 12 March 2021 in Rabat, Morocco, elected Dr. Patrice Motsepe, as President of CAF.
Dr Motsepe, who becomes the seventh occupant CAF Presidential seat, and begins his four-year term after being elected unopposed by the Member Associations of CAF, present in Rabat.
Going to the General Assembly, Africa adopted a unity stance which saw other three candidates, namely Augustin Senghor, Ahmed Yahya and Jacques Anouma withdraw from the race to be President.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who was in attendance in Rabat in his remarks in the General Assembly commended the African Member Associates for the unity they have displayed in the last few weeks.
Dr. Motsepe, 59, is an accomplished South African businessman and philanthropist and no stranger to football.
For almost two decades, he has been the President of a South African club, Mamelodi Sundowns.
In his first address as CAF President, Dr Motsepe spoke about creating a new CAF that will take African football to new heights.
“I’m very excited. There is a great deal of urgency of
getting things done.
There is a lot of work to be done and a lot of running. We have to make sure that African football is not just competitive but globally successful.
Africa spends millions of dollars every year paying for TV rights of leagues outside Africa. There is a need to build our own products and we will succeed.
“The face of African football will never be the same again.
He further said, 95 percent of our conversations will be about football and that is fine but there must be that 5% where we discuss the importance of the private sector partnerships.
We need to restore the pride, the dignity and the respect of Africa,” Motsepe said.
Vincent Paul
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