The rise and rise of women football in Africa
BIRD STORY AGENCY WOMEN'S football in Africa is scoring new progress goals, with more female players, coaches and referees joining the game than ever before. Confederation of African Football's first Women's Football Landscape report 2022 shows there are 150,653 registered female players, 4140 female coaches, and 4724 female referees under CAF. With a record 47 out of 54 countries in the continent having women's national teams, the traditionally male-dominated sport is growing to become an all-gender sport. "We can see that great progress has been made in terms of development and participation with 47 MAs having a senior women's national…
