About Division Africa
Division Africa consists of three members: Cameroon, Egypt and South Africa. There are two candidate members, DR Congo and Ivory Coast, and four observers, Botswana, Ghana, Namibia and Zimbabwe. The board of Division Africa is temporarily led by secretary general Stéphane Burchkalter, the three members are David Mayébi (Cameroon), Thulaganyo Gaoshubelwe (Sout Africa) and Magdy Abdel Ghany (Egypt). Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast) is honorary president of Division...
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Friday 17 May 2013
Video: the opening of the new FIFPro House
Didier Drogba, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Xavi, Florent Malouda and Gerard Piqué were five of the many special guests who celebrated the opening of the new FIFPro House this week. A short video impression.
Monday 13 May 2013
Didier Drogba opens new FIFPro House
Didier Drogba did it. With a well-aimed shot, the striker from the Ivory Coast officially opened the new FIFPro House. The worldwide Professional Footballers Association celebrated the Grand Opening with 300 guests.
Friday 26 April 2013
Division Africa seminar: Ghana, the promised land
Ghana was where, just a few weeks after its visit to Ivory Coast, FIFPro Division Africa held the second of the seminars that will take it to all of the member countries on the continent throughout 2013.
Wednesday 17 April 2013
Ouaddou: ‘For the Qataris, I was a slave!’
Footballer Abdeslam Ouaddou is still angry. 'The Qataris think they can get away with everything, because they think money can buy anything -buildings, shares, beautiful cars - and men. For them, I was nothing but a slave.’
Wednesday 17 April 2013
'A footballer remains a human being'
Secretary General of FIFPro Division Africa, Stéphane Burchkalter, reacted angrily to how Abdelem Ouaddou was treated in Qatar. 'Nothing can justify this! These practices are shocking, unacceptable and outrageous.'