Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (acronym: ANOCA; French: Association des Comités Nationaux Olympiques d'Afrique, ACNOA, Arabic: رابطة اللجان الأولمبية الوطنية في إفريقيا) is an international organization that unites the 54 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Africa. It is currently headquartered in Abuja, Nigeria. It serves as the successor to Standing Committee of African Sports or Comité permanent du sport africain founded in 1965 in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.

Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa
Association des Comités Nationaux Olympiques d'Afrique
Formation28 June 1981 (1981-06-28)
TypeSports federation
HeadquartersAbuja, Nigeria
Membership
54 National Olympic Committees
Official language
English, French
President
Algeria Mustapha Berraf
WebsiteANOCA ACNOA

It often assembles with other continental NOCs in the form of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC).

History

The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) was founded on June 28, 1981, in Lome, Togo. In July 1965, ANOCA's predecessor, the Standing Committee of African Sports (SCAS) was founded in Brazzaville as Comité Permanent du Sport Africain (CPSA). Consequently, that title for the sports continental body changed to the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (SCSA) on 14 December 1966 in Bamako, Mali.

On 4 March 2023, ANOCA announced their support for the International Olympic Committee's decision to reinstate Russian and Belarusian athletes as neutrals amidst the Russo-Ukrainian War, as well as the countries' participation in the Olympics.[1]

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Member countries

In the following table, the year in which the NOC was recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is also given if it is different from the year in which the NOC was created.

NationCodeNational Olympic CommitteePresidentCreatedANOCA Member IOC memberRef.
North Africa Zone
 Algeria ALG Algerian Olympic Committee Mustapha Berraf 1963/1964 1965 Yes
 Egypt EGY Egyptian Olympic Committee Hesham Mohamed Tawfeq Hatab 1910 1965 Yes
 Libya LBA Libyan Olympic Committee Gamal Ezzarrugh 1962 1963 Yes
 Morocco MAR Moroccan Olympic Committee Faïçal Laraïchi 1959 1959 Yes
 Sudan SUD Sudan Olympic Committee Hashim Haroun Ahmed 1956/1959 1965 Yes
 Tunisia TUN Tunisian Olympic Committee Mehrez Boussayene 1957 1965 Yes
West Africa Zone
 Benin BEN Benin National Olympic and Sports Committee Marius Francisco 1962 TBD Yes
 Burkina Faso BUR Burkinabé National Olympic and Sports Committee Jean-Pascal Kinda 1965/1972 1965 Yes
 Cape Verde CPV Comité Olímpico Caboverdeano Filomena Fortes 1989/1993 TBD Yes
 Gambia GAM Gambia National Olympic Committee Beatrice Allen 1972/1976 TBD Yes
 Ghana GHA Ghana Olympic Committee Ben Nunoo Mensah 1950/1951 [2] 1965 Yes
 Guinea GUI Guinean National Olympic and Sports Committee Nabi Camara 1964/1965 TBD Yes
 Guinea-Bissau GBS Comité Olímpico da Guiné-Bissau Sérgio Mané 1992/1995 TBD Yes
 Ivory Coast CIV Comité National Olympique de Côte d'Ivoire Lassana Palenfo 1962/1963 1965 Yes
 Liberia LBR Liberia National Olympic Committee Philipbert S. Browne 1954/1955 TBD Yes
 Mali MLI Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Mali Habib Sissoko 1962/1963 1965 Yes
 Mauritania MTN Comité National Olympique et Sportif Mauritanien Abderrahmane Ethmane 1962/1979 TBD Yes
 Niger NIG Nigerien Olympic and National Sports Committee Issaka Ide 1964 1965 Yes
 Nigeria NGR Nigeria Olympic Committee Habu Gumel 1950/1951 [3] 1965 Yes
 Senegal SEN Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais Mamadou D. Ndiaye 1961/1963 1965 Yes
 Sierra Leone SLE National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone Patrick Coker 1964 TBD Yes
 Togo TOG Togolese National Olympic Committee Deladem Akpaki 1963/1965 1965 Yes
Central Africa Zone
 Cameroon CMR Cameroon Olympic and Sports Committee Hamad Kalkaba Malboum 1963 1965 Yes
 Central African Republic CAF Comité National Olympique et Sportif Centrafricain Gilles Gilbert Gresenguet 1964/1965 1965 Yes
 Chad CHA Chadian Olympic and Sports Committee Abakar Djermah Aumi 1963/1964 1965 Yes
 Congo CGO Comité National Olympique et Sportif Congolais Raymond Ibata 1964 1965 Yes
 Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Comité Olympique Congolais Marcel Amos Mbayo Kitenge 1963/1968 1965 Yes
 Equatorial Guinea GEQ Comité Olímpico de Guinea Ecuatorial Manuel Sabino Asumu Cawan 1980/1984 TBD Yes
 Gabon GAB Comité Olympique Gabonais Léon Louis Folquet 1965/1968 1965 Yes
 São Tomé and Príncipe STP Comité Olímpico de São Tomé e Príncipe João Manuel da Costa Alegre Afonso 1979/1993 TBD Yes
East Africa Zone
 Burundi BDI Burundi National Olympic Committee Lydia Nsekera 1990/1993 TBD Yes
 Djibouti DJI Djibouti National Olympic and Sports Committee Aïcha Garad Ali 1983/1984 TBD Yes
 Eritrea ERI Eritrean National Olympic Committee Luul Fisshaye 1996/1999 TBD Yes
 Ethiopia ETH Ethiopian Olympic Committee Birhane Kidanemariam 1948/1954 1965 Yes
 Kenya KEN National Olympic Committee of Kenya Paul Tergat 1955 1965 Yes
 Rwanda RWA Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Rwanda Valens Munyabagisha 1984 TBD Yes
 Seychelles SEY Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association Antonio Gopal 1979 TBD Yes
 Somalia SOM Somali Olympic Committee Abdullahi Ahmed Tarabi 1959/1972 TBD Yes
 South Sudan SSD South Sudan National Olympic Committee Wilson Deng Kuoirot 2015 2015 Yes
 Tanzania TAN Tanzania Olympic Committee Gulam Abdulla Rashid 1968 1965 Yes
 Uganda UGA Uganda Olympic Committee Donald Rukare 1950/1956 1965 Yes
Southern Africa Zone
 Angola ANG Angolan Olympic Committee Gustavo Dias Vaz da Conceição 1979/1980 TBD Yes
 Botswana BOT Botswana National Olympic Committee Botsang Tshenyego 1978/1980 TBD Yes
 Comoros COM Comité Olympique et Sportif des Iles Comores Madiane Mohamed Issa 1979/1993 TBD Yes
 Eswatini SWZ Eswatini Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association Peter Shongwe 1971/1972 TBD Yes
 Lesotho LES Lesotho National Olympic Committee Matlohang Moiloa-Ramoqopo 1971/1972 TBD Yes
 Madagascar MAD Comité Olympique Malgache Siteny Thierry Randrianasoloniaiko 1963/1964 1965 Yes
 Malawi MAW Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association of Malawi Jappie Mhango 1968 TBD Yes
 Mauritius MRI Mauritius Olympic Committee Philippe Hao Thyn Voon Ha Shun 1971/1972 TBD Yes
 Mozambique MOZ Comité Olímpico Nacional de Moçambique Anibal Manave 1979 TBD Yes
 Namibia NAM Namibian National Olympic Committee Agnes Tjongarero 1990/1991 TBD Yes
 South Africa RSA South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee Barry Hendricks 1991 TBD Yes
 Zambia ZAM National Olympic Committee of Zambia Alfred Foloko 1964 1965 Yes
 Zimbabwe ZIM Zimbabwe Olympic Committee Admire Masenda 1934/1980 TBD Yes

ANOCA Zone 1 – North Zone

ANOCA Zone 2 – West Zone A

ANOCA Zone 3 – West Zone B

ANOCA Zone 4 – Central Zone

ANOCA Zone 5 – Central-East Zone

ANOCA Zone 6 – Southern Zone A

ANOCA Zone 7 – Southern Zone B

ANOCA Presidents
S. No. Name Country Tenure
1. Anani Matthia  Togo 1981-1989
2. Jean-Claude Ganga  Congo 1989-1999
3. Francis Nyangweso  Uganda 1999-2001
4. Alpha Ibrahim Diallo  Guinea 2001-2005
5. Lassana Palenfo  Ivory Coast 2005-2018
6. Mustapha Berraf  Algeria 2018–present

ANOCA's programme
  • Encouraging mediation and conciliation between NOCs and governments
  • Building the foundations of an ambitious sports policy
  • Providing young athletes with the conditions for success
  • Promoting sports initiatives
  • Promoting Olympic ideals and values in Africa
  • Taking part in the fight against doping, corruption, violence and pandemics
  • Working to bring peoples together through sport to build a peaceful Africa

Events

See also

References
  1. Ассоциация национальных олимпийских комитетов Африки выступила за допуск российских спортсменов к Олимпиаде-2024 в нейтральном статусе
  2. "Ghana - National Olympic Committee (NOC)".
  3. "Nigeria - National Olympic Committee (NOC)".
  4. "Jeux africains de la jeunesse: 33 pays confirment leur participation au Maroc ("African Youth Games: 33 countries confirm their participation in Morocco")". lematin.ma (in French). 7 July 2010. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011.
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