Catapulting Ghana Sports to Global Prominence – Case Study of Hosting African Games | General Sports

Egypt turned a powerhouse in Handball after internet hosting the 1991 African Games and was ranked among the many greatest 5 nations on the planet. Egypt has positioned fourth, sixth and seventh positions in subsequent Olympic Games between 1992 and 2004.

Having hosted worldwide competitions with requisite world-class infrastructure, host nations may supply a few of these services as headquarters for African confederations.

It is worthy of be aware that nations that had hosted the African Games dominate the siting of African sports activities confederation headquarters of their nations with Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zimbabwe main the pack. The outstanding ones are soccer (CAF) and African Association of Sports Confederations (AASC) in Egypt; Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) in Nigeria and Fencing, Swimming and Cricket confederations in South Africa.

One might argue that the nations which have hosted the African Games have gone forward to make use of the networks established throughout internet hosting of the Games to later promote their sports activities officers to move Confederations and likewise serve on African and worldwide confederation boards

The internet hosting of the thirteenth African Games Accra 2023 will speed up the event of the lesser sponsored sports activities and likewise function a springboard for the athletes to achieve worldwide prominence. It may even be a watershed for the Ghanaian sports activities officers to turn out to be main gamers not solely in Africa however Globally.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's legacy of organising a Sport for Development University will help in all these and catapult Ghana sports activities to international prominence.