Susan Abayomi
CANAL+ has secured broadcast rights for the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) PAMOJA 2027 qualifiers and finals, with the competition set to be available on SuperSport across Sub-Saharan Africa.
The agreement will give football fans across the region access to the ongoing qualification campaign and the continental tournament scheduled for next year.
The AFCON 2027 qualifying series features 48 nations divided into 12 groups of four teams, with the teams competing for places at the 24-team finals. The opening two matchdays are scheduled through October 6, 2026, while subsequent qualifying matches will take place in November 2026 and March 2027.
The finals will be staged from June 19 to July 17, 2027, with Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda serving as co-hosts. The tournament will mark the first time the three East African countries jointly host the AFCON finals.
The latest broadcast arrangement builds on CANAL+’s existing involvement in the competition. CAF had previously confirmed that CANAL+ would broadcast the 2027 qualifiers in more than 30 French-speaking Sub-Saharan African countries, exclusively in French.
Under the new arrangement, SuperSport will carry the competition across Sub-Saharan Africa, providing viewers with access to the qualification campaign and the finals.
The development comes as CAF continues to expand the reach of its flagship national-team competition. In August, the football governing body opened a tender for the 2027 Sub-Saharan media rights, covering both free-to-air and pay-TV rights in English, Swahili, Portuguese, isiZulu, Wolof, Yoruba and other local languages, while French-language pay-TV rights were excluded from that tender.
The AFCON PAMOJA 2027 finals will bring together 24 teams, including the three co-hosts, as African national teams compete for continental honours.
With the qualifying campaign already underway, the broadcast agreement ensures that fans across Sub-Saharan Africa will be able to follow the teams’ progress from the qualification stage through to the finals in East Africa.
The development also strengthens the role of major broadcasters in expanding access to African football, as CAF continues to build a wider media footprint for its flagship tournament.
