"The African Games will reorganize the sport"



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Magnus Rex Danquah, Ghana's CEO for the 2023 Project Team, said that the organization of the African Games by Ghana offered the country a unique opportunity to reorganize about 30 sports disciplines.

Ghana won the bid for the organization and organization of the 13th African Games 2023 in Algiers, Algeria, in October 2018.

And according to the marketing consultant, accommodation rights would put the country in a good position to reorganize the sports disciplines clbadified in the category of least funded sports (less known sports).

At the 6th African Meeting of the International Association of Sports Press (AIPS) held recently in Accra, he said: "By winning this candidacy, we will obviously have the first opportunity to reorganize more from 25 sports disciplines, until then considered as less known sports. "

"For the first time in the annals of the Games, Ghana will have three cities co-hosting the Games. We would also use the youth hostels of universities selected as mini-game villages as one of the companies to reduce Games costs. "

The head of the African Games added, "For the Ministry of Youth and Games, it offers a unique opportunity to work on several synergies, including the recent creation of committees such as the National Sport Policy Review, which allows us as that nation reposition sport, especially as an emerging industry.

"Ghana will also host the 60th anniversary of the Games (1965-2025) during the Games in Ghana and the organization of the Games Awards on behalf of the African Union, the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Union Sports Council (AUSC). "

Museum of African Sports
He indicated that Ghana had also agreed to build, within the framework of the required infrastructure, and to host, on behalf of the Games, the African Union Sports Museum and the Temple of fame with a 1,500-seat auditorium for the annual organization of African sports awards.

The organization of the Games will take place in the form of a program of 10,000 volunteers, with volunteers from some African countries.

Organization of green games
The project director said: "We intend to organize the first Green Games according to the same standards as the London 2012 Olympic Games. Ghanaian Standards Authority, in collaboration with the Ghana Chamber of Events , have adopted GS ISO 20121: 2012 sustainability management systems – requirements that we will use in all facets of the Games.

"We also plan to plant 500,000 plants over five years to commemorate the Games. we will provide 500,000 bins for the Games and more: honor the Green Nation of the Games. "

accreditation
Mr. Danquah said that "among other things, we will work to provide an arrival visa for those who will register on time."

"As mentioned by our Minister of Youth and Sports, we will launch the annual series of African Sport Governance in collaboration with AUSC, which will address various issues facing our continent. The first will be organized in Accra on the theme: "Integrity of Sport" in September this year.

"We look forward to the beginning of our stakeholder engagement series to ensure the active participation of citizens in the 13th African Games in 2023, from now on," he said.

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