CAF President Patrice Motsepe, has announced that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) will be adding a 40 per cent increment in the prize money for the winner of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tagged, “Côte d’Ivoire 2023” to enable the development of football among members of the association.
The winner of the AFCON Côte d’Ivoire 2023 will receive $7 million, while the runner-up will get $4 million. Each of the two semi-finalists will receive USD $2.5 million and each of the four quarter-finalists, $1.3 million.
While addressing the media, he said: “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.
“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.”
