South African mining magnate Patrice Motsepe has been elected president of the Confederation of African Football (Caf). Motsepe succeeds disgraced Malagasy Ahmad Ahmad, who is serving a two-year FIFA ban over "governance issues", and will require his vast array of business skills to fix the organisation. Motsepe will be the first South African to lead CAF, following in the footsteps of two Egyptians, a Sudanese, an Ethiopian, a Cameroonian and a Malagasy. Unlike previous African football leaders, who came from national association backgrounds, his connection with the sport stems from owning record 2016 African champions Mamelodi Sundowns. Forbes magazine estimates his personal wealth at $2.9 billion (2.4 billion euros).

Source: Ethiopian News March 11, 2021 03:56 UTC