{"id":43067,"date":"2025-03-12T19:10:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T19:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=43067"},"modified":"2025-03-12T19:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T19:10:07","slug":"caf-elections-patrice-motsepe-re-elected-as-caf-president-for-second-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/caf-elections-patrice-motsepe-re-elected-as-caf-president-for-second-term\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF Elections : Patrice Motsepe re-elected as CAF President for second term"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"l-shared-sec-outer show-mobile\">\n<div class=\"l-shared-sec\">\n<div class=\"l-shared-items effect-fadeout is-color\"><strong>South African billionaire Dr Patrice Motsepe has been re-elected\u00a0 CAF President at the 14th CAF Extraordinary General Assembly on Wednesday 12 March, 2025 in Cairo, Egypt.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e-ct-outer\">\n<div class=\"entry-content rbct clearfix\">\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Billionaire was undecided about re-contesting for the CAF presidency but went ahead to make his move official in October 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He yielded to calls from member associations to contest for the elections.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE :\u00a0<a title=\"GPL Week 23 Review: Kotoko, Hearts of Oak, GoldStars pick wins as Nations FC stumble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/gpl-week-23-review-kotoko-hearts-of-oak-goldstars-pick-wins-as-nations-fc-stumble\/\">GPL Week 23 Review: Kotoko, Hearts of Oak, GoldStars pick wins as Nations FC stumble<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first tenure of Motsepe witness a great revival in CAF. This saw the Association settle some outstanding debts, increase in its revenue, increase of competitions prize monies to participating countries and other significant gains on the African terrain.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations held in Cote d&#8217;Ivoire was touted as the most exciting and well organization competition of all times saw a staggering\u00a0 2 billion viewers across 180 countries and raking in\u00a0 $72 million profit from the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The introduction of the African Football League (AFL) in August 2022 had 24 teams involved.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE :\u00a0<a title=\"Agyemang-Badu attributes BlackStars AFCON woes to Otto Addo, GFA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/agyemang-badu-attributes-blackstars-afcon-woes-to-otto-addo-gfa\/\">Agyemang-Badu attributes BlackStars AFCON woes to Otto Addo, GFA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The South African will hope to rally immense support from member countries for the next four years to position African football strategically\u00a0 on the global stage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African billionaire Dr Patrice Motsepe has been re-elected\u00a0 CAF President at the 14th CAF Extraordinary General Assembly on Wednesday 12 March, 2025 in Cairo, Egypt. The Billionaire was undecided about re-contesting for the CAF presidency but went ahead to make his move official in October 2024. He yielded to calls from member associations to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":43068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17033,8417],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-43067","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-caf-elections","8":"category-featured"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Patrick-Motsepe.jpg?fit=720%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-bcD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43084,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/caf-elections-kurt-okraku-elected-to-cafs-executive-committee\/","url_meta":{"origin":43067,"position":0},"title":"CAF Elections : Kurt Okraku elected to CAF&#8217;s\u00a0 Executive Committee.","author":"Raphael Bannerman-Quartey","date":"March 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Ghana Football Association (GFA) President, Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku, has been elected to serve as a member of the CAF's\u00a0 Executive Committee. \u00a0 The Ghanaian football administrator got the nod to serve with 24 other members for a four-year mandate which runs from now to 2029. 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