DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania
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: 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 passionately 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 President Dr Motsepe said:
“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
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.”
Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and
CEO of TotalEnergies said: “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.”
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.
Between 2025 and 2028,
TotalEnergies will sponsor:
- 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
TotalEnergies has been present
in Africa for over 90 years and is the continent's leading multi-energy
company. Committed to energy transition, it operates across the energy value
chain.
In Exploration &
Production, Africa accounted for 19% of the Company's hydrocarbon output in
2023 (471,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day). In distribution, the company
is the leading marketer of petroleum products and related services, with a network
of nearly 4,700 service stations across the continent. TotalEnergies also
formulates and markets lubricants, thanks to 9 production plants in operation,
and supplies liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), notably for clean cooking, to 50
million people in Africa.
TotalEnergies contributes to
diversify the energy mix in Africa by developing natural gas —including four
liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants, one of which is under development — and a
portfolio of more than 2 GW of renewable energy projects. On the continent, the
Company is resolutely continuing to reduce emissions from its operated sites
and for its customers, offering solutions to enhance energy efficiency.
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