2023 African Games

The 13th African Games, also known as Accra 2023, were hosted by Ghana from 8–23 March 2024. Despite having Accra as the main host city, the games were held in two sub-host cities: Kumasi and Cape Coast. The games were initially planned to be held in August 2023, however a failure to complete facilities on time and arguments over marketing revenue resulted in the games being delayed to March 2024.

Bids

Accra, Ghana (selected) Abuja, Nigeria Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Ghana won the rights to host the event in October 2018. In November 2021, Ghana signed an agreement with the African Union to host the event.

Venues

Plans to build a new stadium for the event were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The new Borteyman Sports Complex located in Borteyman, Accra is intended to be used for indoor sports.

Below are some venues to host the 2023 All African Games

VenueEventsCapacityStatusAccra Sports Stadium40,000ExistingBorteyman Sports Complex 500Commissioned500 1,0001,000Theodosia Okoh Hockey StadiumExisting Achimota Oval Existing University of Ghana Sports FacilitiesRenovationGa-Mashiae Hall Existing Bukom Boxing Arena 4000Existing

Marketing

The mascot, the logo and the website of the event were unveiled in December 2021.

The mascot, known as (come on), is an anthropomorphic eagle wearing the Ghanaian Flag.

Participating nations

From the 54 members of the ANOCA. 53 sent delegations to compete in the event, the only exception was Cape Verde. Also noteworthy was the presence of a delegation from the African Judo Union. This happened because the National Sports Federation in Angola was suspended and the country's athletes competed as neutrals in the sport. However, their 3 medals are added to the Angolan delegation in the final table.

Participating National Olympic Committees (Host)

Sports

Squash was expected to feature at the 13th African Games. But, when the final list of events, they were cut from the games program. In February 2022, it was announced that cricket and arm wrestling will make its debut in the 2023 edition of the games. Rugby union (sevens) is also set to make its debut. A total of 23 sports games have been confirmed for the continental event.

Demonstration sports:

Calendar

The schedule for the Games was as follows. OC Opening ceremony ● Event competitions 1 Gold medal events CC Closing ceremony

March4thMon5thTue6thWed7thThu8thFri9thSat10thSun11thMon12thTue13thWed14thThu15thFri16thSat17thSun18thMon19thTue20thWed21stThu22ndFri23rdSatEventsCeremonies OC CC Arm wrestling

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|28 Athletics

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|5 3x3 basketball

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|2 Boxing

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|6 Cricket

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|15 Field hockey

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|15 Karate

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|16 Rugby sevens

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|2 Swimming

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|42 Table tennis |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#ffcc00|2 |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#ffcc00|2 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|1 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|2

|7 Taekwondo

|bgcolor=#ffcc00|4 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|4 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|4 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|4 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|1 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|8 | |25 Tennis

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|2 Volleyball

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|60 Wrestling

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|18Daily medal events 0 2 0 8 8 19 38 31 29 25 21 21 15 4 7 16 15 15 56 5 335Cumulative total 0 2 2 10 18 37 75 106 135 160 181 202 217 221 228 244 259 274 330 335March4thMon5thTue6thWed7thThu8thFri9thSat10thSun11thMon12thTue13thWed14thThu15thFri16thSat17thSun18thMon19thTue20thWed21stThu22ndFri23rdSatEvents

Medal table Source:

African Para Games

In January 2022, president of the International Paralympic Committee Andrew Parsons visited Ghana in support of the 2023 African Para Games which were also to be held in Ghana.

Demonstration Sports

MMA

For the first time in the history of the games, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) was introduced as a demonstration sport in the African Games. The event was conducted by Global Association Of Mixed Martial Arts (GAMMA). MMA athletes from all over the continent came to participate. Over a span of 2 days (11 and 12 March 2024) nearly 50 fights were conducted to finally crown the African Games Champions in their respective weight classes.

The 2023 African Games MMA tournament included athletes from Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ghana, Libya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sudan, and Togo.

The final results of the 2023 African Games MMA tournament were announced by GAMMA on their website.

Aftermath of the competition The 2023 All African Games were without controversies; however, the major talking point after the games is the African Games Audit. The Ministry of Sports awarded 55 single-source contracts amounting to over GHS2.7 billion without justification, this is according to the Auditor-General of Ghana.

The ministry was responsible in organizing the event and providing sports facilities for the games.

2023 African Games

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