Cameroon and CAF sign 2021 AFCON host rights agreement

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) and Cameroonian football authorities have signed a framework agreement to enable the Central African country host the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations tournament.

The 2021 AFCON had to be postponed to January 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The tournament has been slated for January 9th to February 6th.

The framework agreement gives Cameroon the host rights to use the working handbook of CAF to organize the much-anticipated tournament.

Cameroon’s minister of Sports and Physical Education Narcisse Mouelle Kombi and the interim president of Cameroon Football Federation Seidou Mbombo Njoya signed on behalf of Cameroon with Vice President Augustin Senghor signing on CAF’s behalf.

“It is an honor for me to sign this agreement. Cameroon will surely host a wonderful AFCON,” Njoya said after signing the agreement in the capital, Yaounde.

“Cameroon is ready in many aspects to host AFCON. We hope that they will hasten up to finish the remaining works,” Senghor said.