Top coaches arrive in Cote d’Ivoire for highly anticipated CAF Coaches Symposium 

Zambia coach Avram Grant and DR Congo trainer Sebastien Desabre are among some of the leading African national team coaches to have arrived in Cote d'Ivoire for this year’s CAF Coaches Symposium.

They have been joined by Angola national team boss Pedro Goncalves as well as TotalEnergies AFCON-winning coach Emerse Faé in the Ivorian capital of Abidjan ahead of the event that starts on Thursday.

Drawn from the men’s senior national teams of 50 Member Associations (MAs) of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the 2024 cohort is led by the Cote d'Ivoire coach Faé.

Faé, who will headline the September 12-13 event, will also join a panel session alongside former Nigeria Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro.

Other headline coaches on the continent will also be present at the two-day gathering, including Nana Otto Oddo (Ghana) and Collin Benjamin (Namibia), among others.

Africa’s leading football legends and members from the CAF Technical Study Group are also in the Ivorian capital for this very important event.

A very grand event, the CAF Coaches Symposium will focus on the performance of National Teams during the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Côte d’Ivoire 2023, hailed as the best AFCON in the competition’s history.

The star-studded event will be opened by CAF President Dr. Patrice Motsepe, Ivorian government officials, and FIF President Yacine Idriss Diallo. 

The discussions will focus heavily on the TotalEnergies AFCON legacy while underscoring the lasting impact of African football on the global stage.