The link between African football and Macron, which from this year will be the’Official Ball Partner of the’African Football League. The new competition, backed by FIFA and CAF, gets underway for the first time today, 20 October, with Tanzania’s Simba SC and Egypt’s Al Ahly SC set to kick off at 6 pm at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The African Football League will see the continent’s leading football clubs compete against one another every year, and the agreement provides for the supply of official match balls for the 2023 edition – the first since the competition’s inception. This agreement enables Macron to provide all participating clubs with a ball of the highest technical quality, certified by FIFA and guaranteed to deliver outstanding performance.

The’African Football League It is a competition launched in 2021 as a result of a partnership between CAF and FIFA with a view to the global development of African football. This year, the inaugural edition will feature eight clubs, whilst from the 2024–25 season the number of teams will increase to 24. The eight top clubs set to compete in October and November are: Al Ahly Football Club (Egypt), Espérance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia), Wydad Athletic Club (Morocco), Enyimba Football Club (Nigeria), Tout Puissant Mazembe (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club (South Africa), Atlético Petróleos de Luanda (Angola) and Simba Sports Club (Tanzania).

“We are delighted to be partners in an event that is so important for the development of African football. – he declared Gianluca Pavanello, CEO of Macron – A tournament that pits the continent’s best teams against one another and serves as a major platform to showcase the quality of Macron’s products, which several African clubs and federations have been using for some time. In this instance, the Macron Hero will take to the pitch in the form of one of the key ‘players’ in any match: the ball. This is an event that is set to grow and become a key benchmark for the African football movement, and one that we are delighted to have supported right from its very first edition.”.