The President of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Hamad Kalkaba Malboum, will be staying in Togo from 19th to 22nd January 2020 as part of preparations for the 6th Africa cross country championships scheduled for April 8 in Lomé. He will be accompanied respectively by Lamine FATY, the Chief Executive Officer and Mr Aziz Daouda, the Technical and Development Director.
The CAA delegation will carry out a technical inspection of the sites and sign the MoU regarding the organization of the event. Thus, for four days, President Kalkaba and his colleagues will work with the Togolese authorities on the challenges to be met for a success of this first continental meeting of the 2020 season, initially scheduled for March 1, then postponed upon request by the Togolese Government which had just set the date of their presidential elections for February 22, 2020. Given this electoral period which will continue until the end of March 2020, it was strongly recommended by the local authorities to postpone the event to ensure all the participation and organization conditions.
CAA officials will take the opportunity of this visit in Togo to prepare the first meeting of the new Council put in place after the Abidjan elections last April. The council meeting is scheduled for April 7, followed by the African cross country championship on April 8.
The CAA awards 2019 in Lomé
In Togo, the Confederation of African Athletics will, for the first time, nominate the best African athletes of the continent for the year 2019. CAA will also proceed to the nomination of the best African coach and the best African Technical official of the year.
This tradition will be continued as part of the CAA development strategy and following the decisions made at the Abidjan Congress.