Anoï Niniba Castro : "Our thanks to Anjorin Moucharaf and Bruno Didavi"

The economic capital of Benin, Cotonou, will welcome 27 November to 11 December 2021, the International Peace Tournament of football training centers. An announcement made by the president of the International Foundation Issa Hayatou, Saturday 23 last October during a press conference. Opportunity also taken by Anoï Niniba Castro to pay tribute to Anjorin Moucharaf, former president of the Beninese Football Federation and former member of the executive committee of the Confederation of African Football and Bruno Didavi, Former Secretary General of the Beninese sports management body for all of their work accomplished for Beninese football in particular and African football in general.

Created in 2009, The Issa Hayatou Foundation is an international non-governmental organization whose mission is to promote grassroots football in Africa through social and humanitarian works.. Its ambition is to promote peace on the continent through youth football and to eradicate violence in African stadiums while perpetuating the works of Dr Issa Hayatou, Promote peace on the African continent through youth football through social and humanitarian works and eradicate violence in African stadiums while perpetuating the works of Dr Issa Hayatou (CAF). For Anoï Niniba Castro, it is important to pay tribute to two men of Beninese and African football who spare no effort to always support the Issa Hayatou International Foundation in its works. “These are two brave men. Anjorin Moucharaf and Bruno Didavi whom we will never stop thanking”, said the president of the International Foundation Issa Hayatou. To believe it, these two leading figures of Beninese football are doing their best so that the Issa Hayatou Foundation can achieve its objectives. “This is an opportunity for us to make it known while asking them to always be by our side”, he indicated.

Cotonou, African youth sports gathering place

In its action program 2021, the Issa Hayatou International Foundation has planned the organization of an international football tournament for the benefit of African training centers, beneficiaries of its actions. This competition which will be held from 27 November to 11 December 2021 in Cotonou, according to Anoï Niniba Castro will make it possible to evaluate the work accomplished at eight training centers (The Benin, the Burkina Faso, Cameroon, The DRC, the Ivory Coast, the Ghana, Guinea Conakry and Mali), foundation partners. “At the end of the tournament reserved for U17s, the best talents who will be unearthed will have the chance to continue their training in the center of Makedonikos, Greek third division club which is teeming in its center, near 800 young footballers. It is with this team that we signed a partnership and in the contract, they have the exclusive right to supervise unearthed talents and position them in posh clubs”, he declared before continuing “It is also an opportunity for the Foundation to pay tribute to the people of Benin and especially to His Excellency Patrice Talon, President of the Republic of Benin, for the promotion of peace which favors new policies in the management of sport in general and football in particular”. He reaffirms that Benin's efforts, recent years command admiration. To finish, he invited sponsors to support them for the success of this edition with the Peace Trophy. Because he will say “Without partners and sponsors, an event of this kind lacks what is necessary and especially as we plan to build an international football center in Africa. And it is Benin which was chosen to house this center which will record 33 children including 15 of Beninese nationality ».

Damien TOLOMISSI