Postponement of 2023 African Games muddles pathway to Paris Olympics
Kenya’s 18-year-old Vanice Kerubo Nyagisera on her way to winning the 400 metres hurdles gold medal at the African Games in Rabat, Morocco on August 30, 2019.
The 13th edition of the African Games is an official qualification event for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games for a number of sports, and that’s where it gets very interesting
Continental qualification pathway is the best bet for most of the African athletes
The sports ecosystem in Africa is not sufficiently developed to allow our athletes adequate ranking points in their respective sports
The founding fathers of African Games, who included the late Kwame Nkrumah, saw the All Africa Games as an opportunity to showcase the African sporting talent and portrayal of African aspirations then for freedom, unity and independence.
Fast forward to October 25, 2018 and Ghana was given the rights to host, for the first time, the continental showpiece, now referred to as African Games, for 2023, in the three cities of Accra, Kumasi and Cape Coast.
