A day after the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 final draw, president of the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) Dr Patrice Motsepe and Patrick Pouyanné, chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies concluded an agreement extending their partnership for a further four years.
TotalEnergies will now sponsor 12 major CAF events and CAF competitions in the period between 2025-2028. These includes the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2024, TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025, and TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda 2027, amongst others.
With the extension of this partnership, TotalEnergies continues to support the development of football on the African continent and deepens this commitment by becoming a partner of the CAF African Schools Football Championship from 2025 – CAF’s flagship programme to promote football for young girls and boys in Africa.
“CAF is excited to continue its partnership with TotalEnergies and its Chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanné whom I respect and have known for many years. This partnership contributes to the development and global competitiveness of Football in the 54 African countries whose Football Federations are Members of CAF. CAF has introduced several projects over the past few years to develop,” said CAF president Dr Motsepe.
“African football amongst its youth and the African Schools Football Championship, in which approximately 800,000 boys and girls have participated, has been enormously successful. The values of governance, ethics, transparency and commitment to the development and growth of our communities and countries in Africa are values that TotalEnergies is also committed to and we are honoured to continue working with TotalEnergies and Patrick Pouyanné.”
“Since 2016, TotalEnergies is honoured and privileged to shine a spotlight on African football, and we are thrilled to pursue this collaboration with the CAF for the next four years. TotalEnergies is proud to support the rise of this popular sport, with its values of diversity, cohesion and unity, across Africa, a continent where the Company is a historic player. This extension allows the Company to keep celebrating African football alongside all its stakeholders, customers and employees, and to share the commitment and passion of millions of Africans,” said chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies Patrick Pouyanné.
TotalEnergies and African Football
The story of TotalEnergies and CAF’s partnership around passion for football began in 2016.This agreement made the Company the major partner of African football, as sponsor of more than 1,500 matches and title sponsor of the CAF’s 10 main championships: three inter-club and seven national competitions, including the prestigious CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), now known as the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations.
Competitions TotalEnergies will sponsor between 2025 and 2028
- The TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations
- The TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations
- The TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship
- The TotalEnergies CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
- The TotalEnergies CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
- The TotalEnergies CAF U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
- The TotalEnergies CAF Futsal Africa Cup of Nations
- The TotalEnergies CAF Champions League
- The TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup
- The TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup
- The CAF Awards
- The CAF African Schools Football Championship
