{"id":5,"date":"2026-06-18T13:05:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afbs.footballfoundation.africa\/2026\/?st-import=918f0c95f0a06a89f8f68229c3c670ea"},"modified":"2026-06-18T16:53:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:53:44","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afbs.footballfoundation.africa\/2026\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5\" class=\"elementor elementor-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82a13a2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"82a13a2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0d4b3e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a0d4b3e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1efe1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d1efe1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Turning Point for African Football<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fcf4ed elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1fcf4ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e7fb7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e7fb7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AboutAFBS 2026<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a2f78f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3a2f78f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4ffe90 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a4ffe90\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae70a66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae70a66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ABOUT AFBS 2026<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99ac812 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"99ac812\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe00834 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fe00834\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb6927d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb6927d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Africa Football Business Summit (AFBS) is a continental platform dedicated to shaping the future of African football through policy dialogue, investment facilitation, innovation, governance reform, and sustainable development.<\/p><p>Convened by the Football Foundation for Africa (FFA), AFBS brings together stakeholders from across the football ecosystem including governments, football federations, leagues, clubs, investors, technology companies, academics, development agencies, and community organisations.<\/p><p><br \/>AFBS 2026 takes place during a FIFA World Cup year and marks sixty years since African nations collectively boycotted the 1966 FIFA World Cup in protest against unequal representation.<\/p><p><br \/>This historic moment serves as the foundation for a new conversation: How can Africa move from participation in global football to ownership of sustainable football economies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a33fbaf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a33fbaf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26fcf4d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26fcf4d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b79ec46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b79ec46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Approach<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17680d0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"17680d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa12a0b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fa12a0b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a4f8d2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7a4f8d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c52595 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c52595\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AFBS 5.0<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a4dca5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a4dca5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>AFBS is evolving from an annual conference into a year-round continental platform focused on:<\/p><ul><li>Research and policy development<\/li><li>Investment facilitation<\/li><li>Regional engagement forums<\/li><li>Pilot projects<\/li><li>Strategic partnerships<\/li><li>Knowledge generation<\/li><\/ul><p>AFBS is not simply an event. It is infrastructure for the future of African football.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee1bddd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ee1bddd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e62bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"26e62bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">01.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-103cc1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"103cc1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u2014 Our Mission<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6915e1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6915e1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To build sustainable football ecosystems by connecting policy, investment, infrastructure, governance, technology, and human capital development.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68a4169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68a4169\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">02.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f13d29e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f13d29e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u2014 Our Vision<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f7f1ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f7f1ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To position football as a strategic driver of economic growth, social development, innovation, and continental transformation across Africa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ce76cf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6ce76cf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1128629 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1128629\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c625dea elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c625dea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"825\" src=\"https:\/\/afbs.footballfoundation.africa\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC_6043-1-1024x825.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4222\" alt=\"dsc 6043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afbs.footballfoundation.africa\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC_6043-1-1024x825.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/afbs.footballfoundation.africa\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC_6043-1-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/afbs.footballfoundation.africa\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC_6043-1-768x619.jpg 768w, https:\/\/afbs.footballfoundation.africa\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC_6043-1.jpg 1176w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"  title=\"About Us\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f9c094 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5f9c094\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a067790 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a067790\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-650a3c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"650a3c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Football as Infrastructure (FaI)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7498652 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7498652\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At the centre of AFBS 2026 is the Football as Infrastructure (FaI) model developed by the Football Foundation for Africa.<br \/>The FaI framework positions football as more than a sport. It views football as strategic infrastructure capable of supporting:<\/p><ul><li>Education and skills development<\/li><li>Youth employment<\/li><li>Public health and wellbeing<\/li><li>Urban regeneration<\/li><li>Creative industries<\/li><li>Social cohesion<\/li><li>Community development<\/li><\/ul><p>AFBS seeks to integrate football into broader national and continental development agendas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa1e083 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aa1e083\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ec7634 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ec7634\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why Accra, Ghana?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6a1724 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6a1724\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Accra represents a powerful symbolic and strategic location for AFBS 2026.<\/p><p>Ghana occupies a unique place in African history as a pioneer of Pan-African thought and political independence under Dr Kwame Nkrumah.<\/p><p>It was from this political and intellectual tradition that the 1966 World Cup boycott emerged \u2014 a moment when African nations collectively asserted their place in global football.<\/p><p>Hosting AFBS 2026 in Accra connects the Summit to this legacy of continental leadership.<\/p><p>Today, Accra also hosts the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the most ambitious economic integration project in Africa\u2019s history.<\/p><p>AfCFTA aims to create a single market across 55 countries, enabling the free movement of goods, services, and capital.<\/p><p>Football sits at the intersection of many of the sectors that AfCFTA seeks to unlock:<\/p><ul><li>cross-border talent mobility<\/li><li>sports media and broadcasting<\/li><li>creative industries and cultural exports<\/li><li>sports tourism<\/li><li>sports merchandise and intellectual property<\/li><li>digital fan engagement<\/li><\/ul><p>By hosting AFBS 2026 in Accra, the Summit places football firmly within Africa\u2019s evolving economic architecture.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68a004d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"68a004d\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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