Ahmad

Running on empty

Since Fifa took control over Caf in 2019, the confederation's economy has collapsed. Now they are on the verge of bankruptcy.

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3 August, 2022

The pyramid scheme

The twisted tale about how Caf lost a billion dollar deal – and why the cash-strapped organization wanted out of the deal, with Fifa’s blessing.

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10 February, 2021

The debt and the dubious arrangements

Why did CAF pay 6.7 million USD to French media group Lagardère to 'buy' a debt it knew it would probably never recover? And why did Ahmad Ahmad sanction this purchase?

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22 December, 2020

The temperature is rising ahead of the Caf presidential election. Five candidates have emerged, and a billionaire businessman is the front runner. A former Caf exco member, Musa Bility, is accusing Gianni Infantino of undermining Caf’s independence for his own benefit.

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13 November, 2020

Out of Africa

The confidential audit by PwC paints CAF as a shambles of epic proportions, a quasi-complete failure to subscribe to the most elementary rules of accountancy. It reads more like an indictment. Or a suicide note.

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12 February, 2020

New Order

Why did Ahmad Ahmad choose to drop the leading football manufacturers for the benefit of a supplier with no experience in a deal which was far more expensive and worth almost 4 million dollars?

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3 July, 2019

Ahmad

Running on empty

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The pyramid scheme

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The debt and the dubious arrangements

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The perfect storm

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Out of Africa

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New Order

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Saved by the Pope

“Everyone who hears the name is afraid”

Guilt by association

“You play like wild pigs”