Africa's football administrators are meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, this week to get better understanding of the implementation of the Transfer Matching System (TMS), which was introduced towards the end of last year to federations and clubs by Fifa.
Ghana representative, Francis Adu Essah, heaped praise on the two-day event.
''This has been a wonderful experience for us, and also an opportunity to learn new ways of working with the system. We have learned a lot about some of the important additions from Fifa and I guess to some of us, this has also enabled us to ask some crucial questions we had,'' he said.
The online system makes international transfers quicker, smoother and, most importantly, more transparent.
With TMS, the two clubs involved in a transfer have to enter the same information in the system, otherwise the transfer will be blocked and the member association cannot issue the International Transfer Certificate (ITC).
According to the system, a number of factors must be submitted before a transfer can be successful.
When it comes to young and minor players, TMS also plays a vital role in that it helps keep track of individual player histories.
The system can be used to ensure that proper compensation payments can be calculated for clubs that have trained young players but have then seen them leave for other clubs.