The CECAFA Kagame Cup 2024 will now take place July 6-22^nd in Tanzania and Zanzibar.

Three guest sides TP Mazembe (DR Congo), Nyasa Big Bullets (Malawi) and Zambia’s Red Arrows FC have all confirmed participation to join 13 other teams from the CECAFA Zone.

The competition was earlier planned to take place July 20^th to August 4^th in Tanzania. But because of the busy CAF calendar, the competition has been rescheduled so that it kicks-off earlier and ends few days before the start of the 2024/2025 CAF Club competitions.

“This competition will help our teams in the Zone prepare better in the pre-season ahead of the 2024/2025 CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup which start in August. Having top sides from DR Congo, Malawi and Zambia will also spice-up our Club competition and give our teams a real test,” says the CECAFA Executive Director John Auka Gecheo.

The CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup 2024 which was meant to open the CECAFA calendar from June 29^th to July 14^th has also been cancelled to give players more time to prepare with their teams ahead of the CECAFA Kagame Cup.

Teams for the CECAFA Kagame Cup: Vital ‘O (Burundi), APR FC (Rwanda), El Merreikh, Al Hilal, Hai El Wadi (Sudan), Young Africans SC, Simba SC, Azam FC, Coastal Union FC (Tanzania), Gor Mahia FC (Kenya), SC Villa (Uganda), JKU SC (Zanzibar), El Merreikh FC-Bentiu (South Sudan), Nyasa Big Bullets FC (Malawi), TP Mazembe (DR Congo) and Red Arrows FC (Zambia).

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The CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup, the flagship competition in the Zone contested amongst the senior men’s national teams will this year take place in Zanzibar.

The competition slated for June 29th to July 14th, 2024 will be hosted at the Amaan Stadium and the Pemba Municipal Stadium.

After successfully hosting the CAF Schools Football Championship recently, Zanzibar are warming-up to host yet another competition that was last staged four years ago.

Teams from the CECAFA Zone and some guest sides will take part in the competition.

Uganda are the defending champions having defeated Eritrea in the 2019 CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup final in Kampala.

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The President of the Eritrea National Football Federation (ENFF), Paulos Weldehaimanot Andemariam has been co-opted on the Executive Committee of the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA).

Wallace Karia, the CECAFA President co-opted Andermariam during an executive meeting that took place at the Element by Westin Hotel in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Monday.

All the other Executive members were in support of Andermariam being co-opted. ” I am happy to be co-opted into the CECAFA Executive. I will be a team player as we strive to make our Zone better in-terms of football development, ” said Andermariam.

He replaces former Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA) President Olivier Mugambo who was co-opted in January during the General Assembly held in Zanzibar, but stepped down form his position in Rwanda.

CECAFA Executive Committee

President – Wallace Karia (Tanzania FA)

Vice President – Isayas Jira (Ehiopia FA)

Members

Doris Petra (Kenya FA)

Muyenge Alexandre (Burundi FA)

Augustino Maduot (South Sudan FA)

Paulos Weldehaimanot Andemariam (Eritrea FA)