For the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations, the Confederation of African Football, or CAF, announced that it had received more than 5,000 applications for media accreditation.
On Saturday, the Cameroonian Army’s official website announced that there were 90% more applications than what had been resurrected for Cameroon in 2021.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the deadline for media accreditation was November 24.
It said that more than 70 nationalities have applied to cover the Africa’s biggest event.
“The high demand has necessitated that CAF implement quotas for all the countries due to space demands.
“CAF remains committed to ensure that fairness is applied across the board in allocation and implementation of quotas.
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“CAF believes in creating access for media and promoting media freedom,”it said.
It said that it will introduce new guidelines for non-rigths holders and enforce restrictions on filming and other activities to protect media (TV) rights holders.
It said that priority will be given to the host nation at 30 per cent, participating countries, 35 per, regional (neighbouring) countries, 10 and rest of the world (countries) 25 per cent.
“CAF is currently working closely with all the participating member associations to ensure that there is a fair representation in allocating the quotas of each country,”it said.
It said that priority would also be given to Agencies.
NAN reports that the 2023 AFCON will kick off on Jan. 13 2024 to Feb. 11 in Cote d’ Ivoire with 24 nations participating.
NAN
