CAF president confident that AFCON 2027 won't be moved from Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda

[p]Motsepe conceded ‌there were challenges in preparations, but ‌said CAF was committed to working with the countries to meet ‌key deadlines.[/p][p]"There will always be ⁠challenges and ‌areas that require improvement, but we have ​to believe in ourselves as East Africans and Africans ​that we will work together and meet those deadlines," he told ⁠a press ​conference on Thursday.[/p][p]Motsepe acknowledged, however, that significant work remained, with the three countries racing to complete facilities ‌and infrastructure ahead of the tournament.[/p][p]"I'm very proud of the good work that's taking place in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tanzania/KzAbFwJ7/"]Tanzania[/a]. And, we have nine months and part of my emphasis is we have to speed up, and we are here ‌to work together to help, to ​assist. This is our AFCON."[/p][p]The ‌2027 tournament, the first to be jointly hosted by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kenya/CIAJw1QK/"]Kenya[/a], Tanzania and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/uganda/hnw06lwh/"]Uganda[/a], is provisionally scheduled to run from June 19 ⁠to July ⁠17.[/p]