{"id":109266,"date":"2023-10-11T11:39:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T11:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/11\/akon-to-host-2023-afcon-draw-on-thursday\/"},"modified":"2023-10-11T11:39:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T11:39:46","slug":"akon-to-host-2023-afcon-draw-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/11\/akon-to-host-2023-afcon-draw-on-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Akon to host 2023 AFCON draw on Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"345\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-11-111212-696x345.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Screenshot 2023-10-11 111212\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Akon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Global music star, AKON, will host the Final Draw of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Cote d\u2019Ivoire 2023 on Thursday, 12 October 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The Final Draw will start at 19h00 local time\/GMT (21h00 CAT, 22h00 Cairo) at the breathtaking, brand-new\u00a0<em>Parc Des Expositions<\/em>\u00a0venue in Abidjan and be beamed live on CAF TV (YouTube).<\/p>\n<p>The Senegalese hitmaker is a huge football fan and social activist whose \u2018Akon Lighting Africa\u2019 project seeks to use solar electricity to help African countries meet their basic electricity needs.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>AKON\u2019s hosting of the Final Draw, alongside Tour\u00e9, adds even more star power to what is set to be a glitzy, glamorous, eagerly anticipated occasion, as the 24 qualified nations discover their group stage opponents.<\/p>\n<p>The Final Draw will be beamed in over 50 countries, with millions of viewers expected to tune in to the event on CAF\u2019s Official YouTube channel, as well as across CAF\u2019s Global TV partners.<\/p>\n<p>The 34<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0edition of the biggest event on African soil takes place in Cote d\u2019Ivoire from 13 January to 11 February 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Qualified Nations for the Final Draw:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cote d\u2019Ivoire (hosts)<\/p>\n<p>Algeria<\/p>\n<p>Angola<\/p>\n<p>Burkina Faso<\/p>\n<p>Cameroon<\/p>\n<p>Cape Verde<\/p>\n<p>Congo DR<\/p>\n<p>Egypt<\/p>\n<p>Equatorial Guinea<\/p>\n<p>The Gambia<\/p>\n<p>Ghana<\/p>\n<p>Guinea<\/p>\n<p>Guinea-Bissau<\/p>\n<p>Mali<\/p>\n<p>Mauritania<\/p>\n<p>Morocco<\/p>\n<p>Mozambique<\/p>\n<p>Namibia<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Senegal<\/p>\n<p>South Africa<\/p>\n<p>Tanzania<\/p>\n<p>Tunisia<\/p>\n<p>Zambia<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"s3iDRZNQOok\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Badwam Ahosepe on Adom TV (11-10-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s3iDRZNQOok?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akon Global music star, AKON, will host the Final Draw of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Cote d\u2019Ivoire 2023 on Thursday, 12 October 2023. 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