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The minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, and the President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), Fouzi Lekjaa, in the presence of Patrice Motsepe, President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), inaugurated on Saturday in Rabat the AMCI Fan Zone, dedicated to international students and graduates of the Kingdom of Morocco’s cooperation programs.
This Fan Zone has been set up at the International University Campus of Rabat, which falls under the Moroccan Agency for International Cooperation (AMCI). More than 80 nationalities live on this campus, including students from 47 African countries, making it one of the places with the greatest diversity per square meter on the African continent.
The inauguration ceremony of the AMCI Fan Zone, held notably in the presence of the Dean of African Ambassadors to Morocco, Mouhamadou Youssifou, African ambassadors accredited in Rabat, the CAF Secretary General, Véron Mosengo-Omba, and the Ambassador Director General of AMCI, Mohamed Methqal, also saw the participation of ambassadors from African countries accredited to the Kingdom, as well as a large number of international students and graduates of Morocco’s cooperation programs, who came to celebrate this event marked by fraternity and the promotion of sporting values.
This Fan Zone places the youth at the heart of this major continental celebration, making sport, the arts and culture vehicles for exchange, integration and sharing.
This initiative illustrates the Kingdom of Morocco’s commitment to implementing the Vision of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist Him, for an emerging and sustainable Africa based on effective solidarity and the promotion of South-South cooperation. It also reflects the central place accorded by the Sovereign to African youth.
Covering an area of 5,000 square meters, the AMCI Fan Zone aims to welcome nearly 50,000 visitors throughout AFCON 2025.
In a festive atmosphere combining sport, culture and entertainment, and involving students and graduates of the Kingdom’s cooperation programs, the Fan Zone will offer throughout the competition live broadcasts of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations matches on a giant screen, the organization of a football tournament dedicated to students, gaming and e-sports areas fostering interaction and conviviality, eight diverse artistic and cultural days featuring performances, as well as four thematic conferences.
Currently, around 20,000 African students from 47 countries are pursuing higher education in Morocco through the Moroccan Agency for International Cooperation, underscoring the Kingdom’s strong and lasting commitment to a forward-looking and solidarity-based South-South cooperation.
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