Less than a year before the Confederation of African Football (Caf) begins inspecting venues for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are in a race against time to transform ambitious infrastructure plans into tournament-ready facilities.
The three East African nations will jointly host Africa’s premier football tournament for the first time, making the event not only a sporting spectacle but also one of the region’s largest infrastructure and economic projects in recent history.