The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has substantially increased the prize money for the women’s African Cup of Nations that got underway in Morocco on Saturday evening.Previously the winner of the competition pocketed 300,000 USD which is around Khs. 35 million. CAF has now increased the amount by almost double and this time, the winner will walk home with 500,000 USD which is around Ksh. 60 million.##NAJAVA_MECA_6487485##This, according to CAF is aimed at making women’s football a priority and increasing its value. There has also been an increase in the amount the second-placed team and the semifinalists will take home.CAF StatementIn line with the new policy at CAF to make women’s football in Africa globally competitive, the President of CAF Dr. Patrice Motsepe has announced an increase of 150% in prize money for the TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2022. The overall prize money of the competition has been increased from USD 975 000 to USD 2 400 000 – an increase of almost USD 1.5 million. The President of CAF and the CAF Executive Committee have identified women’s football as amongst the top priorities of CAF. The winner of this year’s edition of the TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2022 will pocket USD 500 000 – a 150% increase of USD 300 000. Previous winners of this competition received USD 200 000. The prize money for runners-up has almost doubled from USD 175 000 to USD 300 000 and the semi-finalists will get USD 225 000 each which has increased from USD 125 000.A winning start for hosts Morocco at the #WAFCON2022Today’s FixturesSenegal vs Uganda-6PMCameroon vs Zambia-8PMTunisia vs Togo-11PMAll games will be live on @ShowmaxPro pic.twitter.com/Akc81FPTk4— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) July 3, 2022 Record winners Nigeria will be licking their fingers as they remain favorites for the competition. They have won 11 editions of the 13 AWCON staged since its inception in 1991 and head to Morocco as the outright favorites to clinch it although they face competition from the likes of South Africa and Cameroon.Morocco began the tournament on a positive note on Saturday evening beating Burkina Faso by a solitary goal. Ghizlane Chebbak scored the lone goal of the game. The competition continues on Sunday with Senegal taking on Uganda, Cameroon will play Zambia while Togo will square it out with Tunisia.
