Three African Presidents to honour CAF Awards on Tuesday

Published on: 07 January 2019

Three Africa heads of states are expected to grace the CAF Africa Player of the year Awards in Senegal on Tuesday.

The Presidents include Macky Sall of host country Senegal, Paul Kegame of Rwanda and former Player of the year and now President of Liberia, George Weah.

Many other guests are scheduled to attend the ceremony including President Ahmad who will also meet at the presidential palace Gianni Infantino, FIFA president, and Fatma Samoura, FIFA General Secretary.

Once again Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will compete to be named Best African Player of the Year.

President Ahmad will hold a press conference on January 7th on this island, part of UNESCO World Heritage.

Later that day, he will follow a game to honour the memory of Jules Bocande. In the Leopold Sedar Senghor stadium, Senegal 2002 will play against a team of CAF legends.

On January 8th, all the guest will gather inside the Abdou Diouf International Conference Center where the CAF Awards 2018 ceremony will occur. We will know by then who the Best African Player is.

The day after, CAF Executive Committee will hold a crucial meeting to decide the faith of the hosting country for the AFCON 2019.

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