CAF president, Dr. Patrick Motsepe has revealed his committed to develop and invest in youth through school football championship.
The CAF African Schools Football Championship was first announced by CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire in April 2021 and has gone on to hold every single year since the initiative was developed.
A total of 44 000 African boys and girls participated in the inaugural event of the CAF President Dr. Motsepe initiative.
He made this known earlier today when it was announced that the Durban’s King Zwelithini Stadium will host the historical CAF African Schools Football Championship finals slated on 05-08 April 2023.
At the announcement, Dr Motsepe had said: “The best investment we can make to ensure that African football is amongst the best in the world and self-sustaining, is to invest in schools’ football and youth football development infrastructure for boys and girls at club and national level.”
“This is one of my key focus areas as President of CAF.”
Since its launch in Mozambique last year, the CAF African Schools Football Championship has already impacted many lives.
Thanks to a donation of USD 10 million by the Motsepe Foundation that will go into prizes of Schools at National, Zonal and Continental level, Schools will be able to use the money for Development projects.
