The 54th World athletics congress held on august 17 and 18, 2023 in Budapest( Hungary) enabled Africa to consolidate its presence within the management of the world body gouverning the first olympic sport. Thus the confederation of African Athletics(CAA) counts four members in the New council the particularity of which is to be comprised by 13 men and 13 women. This is the first time in the history of world sport organizations.
The representatives of the African continent are cameroonian Hamad Kalkaba Malboum as the chair of the continental Association, Kenya's Jackson Tuwei who was elected vice president ; as for women, Morroco's Nawal El Moutawakel and Uganda's Beatrice Ayikoru as individual members.
British Lord Sebastian Coe Who is on his third and Last mandate of four years(2023-2027) will have to rely on the African expertize to loop the governance reform process which he undertoook in 2016.