The scenes in the AFCON final were a perfect encapsulation of how the Confederation of African Football is governed. In Rabat, Senegal and hosts Morocco were still locked at 0–0 when, deep into stoppage time, VAR dragged the referee to the monitor, a soft penalty was given to the home side, and in the ensuing […]

By 2050, more than one in four people on Earth will be African. This demographic reality shapes forecasts by The Economist that by 2030, half of all new entrants into the global labour force will come from Sub-Saharan Africa.  Yet, despite Africa experiencing a demographic boom, its football labour force is increasingly looking outward. At

Recently, East Africa has been abuzz with kerfuffles, drama and brouhaha that come with hosting an international football tournament in Africa. From presidential decrees of hefty player bonuses, ticketing conundrums blamed on reasons ranging from state suppression of dissent to tech mishaps, all that seemed like omnishambles was in fact a feature of the governance