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The infrastructure, unique in the area, has been made accessible by a 3km tarred road from the highway to the complex. The CAF academy is an ideal location for concentration and preparation of high level sportsmen.

 

The CAF complex is made of a 20 room hotel, two training fields (One of which is artificial), an administrative block, two swimming pools, a multipurpose field and a water treatment plant covers a surface area of 23 hectares. Apart from using local energy, the complex has three generators which serve as back up when local energy supply is inadequate. Construction work on the complex began in December 2006.

 

«We owe sincere gratitude to the Cameroonian government which helped us to reduce the cost of the project by exonerating custom duties on materials meant for the work.», said CAF president Issa Hayatou on May 16, 2008 during a visit to the area in the wake of an executive committee meeting which was held in Yaounde.

 

The creation of CAF Academies falls in line with the development Programme of the Confederation in order to help provide the continent with quality infrastructure. Each of the academies to be headed by a director shall host seminars, refresher courses, for actors in the area of refereeing, training, administration and Sports medicine.

 

The Yaoundé, Dakar and Addis Ababa, academies are the three regional centres whose construction have already been completed. The infrastructure is also expected to host trainings. The Yaoundé academy shall be the base for the sports in the Central African sub region that shall host CAF major continental tournament in 2012 after the 1972 Nations Cup played in Cameroon.