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Watch 13th African Games Opening Ceremony Live

Watch the All African Games Opening Ceremony Live Here

Ghana will officially be hosting the all-African games finally, and today, the official opening ceremony is being held live at the University of Ghana Sports Stadium in Legon, Accra.

The All African Games Opening Ceremony is expected to bring excitement and joy to teaming sportsmen and women across Africa who have gathered in Accra, Ghana, to compete for enviable medals

This sports event is the 13th African Games since the games commenced some 59 years ago.

Ghana is hosting the games for the first time.

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Some of the disciplines to be competed in are Judo, football, boxing, athletics (track and field), swimming, hockey, and table tennis. Others are badminton, cycling, wrestling, and triathlon.

According to the local organizing committee’s site on the event “The 13th edition of the African Games will witness ten to fifteen days of exciting contests of brain and brawn by 5000 elite athletes and coaches from fifty-five African countries in twenty-nine selected sports codes. The event will also have over 3000 technical officers, journalists and global celebrities with TV and online audience of over 5.5 billion. The 13th edition of the African Games will be used as an official qualifier for the XXXIII Olympic Games Paris 2024.”

Over 2500 African athletes have gathered in Accra to compete in more than 25 sports disciplines many of which will qualify the athletes to the Olympic games.

“The main aim of hosting and organizing the 13th African Games, Accra 2023 is to use sport to achieve national and continental development goals and contribute to Ghana’s transformational agenda and the African Union Agenda 2063: “Africa We Want.””