By: Hee-Dee Walenga
Prior to the final of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final in Morocco last weekend, the president of the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, gave the world some insight into his plans to commercialise football on the African continent during the tournament’s closing media briefing.
Motsepe revealed that when he took over as CAF president in 2021, the federation had debts amounting to US$150 million. Also at the time of Motsepe taking the reigns, the prize money for the winning AFCON nation was US$4 million. This year’s final saw Senegal walk away with a record U$10 million cash prize after beating Morocco.
Motsepe emphatically stated that the prize money for the new African Nations League, which will debut in 2029 and consist of all 54 member nations, will also be US$10 million.
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