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Caf Executive Committee approves African women's football strategy

The Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) has approved a new roadmap for women's football on the continent on November 21 in Cairo, Goal can exclusively report.

Despite being omitted from its key published decisions, the Caf exco gave the seal of approval to the blueprint launched at a workshop in Cairo, which featured top women's stakeholders.

Goal understands that the recommendations of the roadmap, which was developed by the Caf women's department on five pillars, captures the major needs of the women's game in Africa.

The novel five-point four-year development strategy is mainly hinged on development, competition, professionalisation and leadership, marketing and promotion, and social impact.