Izuchukwu OkosiThe Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Thursday evening announced a 40% increase in the prize money for the winners of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Côte d’Ivoire 2023.
The winners of the TotalEnergies AFCON Côte d’Ivoire 2023, CAF revealed, will receive $7m (N6. 53bn)
The runner-up of the TotalEnergies AFCON Côte d’Ivoire 2023 will now get $4m. Each of the two semi-finalists will receive $2.5m and each of the four quarter-finalists, $1.3m.
CAF President, Dr Patrice Motsepe in an official statement noted: “CAF has made significant progress over the past two years in increasing the prize money of the AFCON and all its other major competitions.
“We have increased the prize money of the AFCON Winner to USD 7 000 000 which is a 40% increase from the previous AFCON prize money,” the CAF boss reiterated.
“I am confident that a portion of the prize money will contribute to developing football and also benefit all the football stakeholders, as well as assist our member associations with their administrations.”
The Confederation of African Football have been keen to maximize the growing football market and have member associations improve the game in their countries.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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