Africa Cup of Nations & 1GOAL
29 January 2010
1GOAL's profile has been raised across Africa at the time of the Africa Cup of Nations. The three week long event, this time in Angola, has galvanised the continent into action. The Confederation of African Football, CAF, is backing us and is asking for support from each of its member federations and in turn the players. In recent weeks players from Ghana, Nigeria, Algeria (all World Cup bound) and Egypt (African Champions on the last two occasions) have been filmed, photographed and recorded offering their commitment to the project. 1GOAL will be filming support from Football Association Heads at the
CAF Congress, which will also be attended by FIFA President ,Sepp Blatter. CAF is showing 1GOAL films in the stadium from the semi-final stages and perimeter boards displaying 1GOAL's logo have been present in each of the four stadia (see pic).
competition and listening to news and discussion from Angola, its also
been a good opportunity to offer content to raise the awareness of
1GOAL through the media in Africa. In this way we have been working
directly with broadcast organisations across the continent, but also
indirectly through organisations that distribute on our behalf.
More than 300 radio stations have been offered content in this way.
This audio has been delivered in English and French, but with West
Africa in mind also in Hausa,Pidgin,Yoruba and Ibo. We have sent
scripts and content which can be translated into other languages that
are used - we heard back from one Liberian station that is
broadcasting it in four different local languages. French
International broadcaster RFI is broadcasting content around its
commentaries and has distributed it to its 250 partners across French
speaking Africa. In addition 1GOAL's Martin Davies, who is attending
his tenth Africa Cup of Nations, has been conducting interviews with
various radio stations across Africa providing analysis on the
football as well as updating listeners on the progress of the
campaign.
Television content has been sent to a diverse mixture of private and
public broadcasters. There are films running in English, French and
Portuguese. It has also been available for download from the Kenyan
based distribution company, A24's web-site. This collaboration can be
viewed at A24media.com. 1GOAL is also being supported with content
distribution by AIB, the Association of International Broadcasters who
have communicated their support for 1GOAL to their network of over
20,000 media professionals.