Over 13000 People To Participate In Accra 2023 African Games Sports Minister

Minister for Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif has revealed that about 13,000 people will participate in the 13th African Games to be hosted by Ghana.

The Games officially kicks off on Friday March 8 to March 23, 2024.

Addressing the press during his turn at the "Ministerial Meet the Press", Mustapha Ussif gave a break down of the number of participants in the games made up of athletes, technical officials, volunteers and special guests.

"The 13th African Games is expected to attract over...13,000 participants from fifty-four (54) African countries including Officials, Athletes, Diplomats, Media and Volunteers."

The Minister gave the breakdown as follows; 5000 athletes, 3000 volunteers, 3000 technicians and 200 guests drawn from various African countries.

Mustapha Ussif explained that Ghana is expected to take care of the participants in terms of their accommodation, feeding, internal transportation, Medicare and others through their stay in Ghana.

The Minister of Youth and Sports also revealed that over 2 billion global audience are expected to follow the games on TV, radio and other virtual platforms across the globe.