Africa

Development Heads: Aziz Daouda & Beatrice Ayikoru

Area Development Centres: Cairo, Dakar, Nairobi

AADC Cairo

Countries served in Arabic speaking Africa & Asia: ALG, BRN, EGY, IRQ, JOR, KUW, LBA, LBN, MAR, OMN, PLE, QAT, KSA, SUD, SYR, TUN, UAE, YEM.

There are two 400m synthetic surfaced tracks in the stadium and a well-equipped weightlifting room available for courses. There is also a fully equipped lecturer room which is connected to a storage room.

Participants and lecturers are usually accommodated in the Sonesta Hotel, which is only five minutes by car from the airport.

A team of four members delivers CAA development strategy at AADC Cairo:
• Hamdi Abdel Rahim: Director
• Abeer Abdelgawad Gad: Translator & Course Administration
• Kareem Ahmed: Finance
• Osama Gamal: Assistant

AADC Dakar

AADC Dakar was born from the merger of the former RDC and HPTC and its mission is the training of coaches, technical officials and executives but also the training of high-level athletes from the 25 federations under its supervision.

Countries served in French speaking Africa: BEN, BUR, BDI, CIV, CMR, CAF, CHA, COM, CGO, COD, DJI, GAB, GUI, MAD, MLI, MTN, NIG, SEN, TOG.

Countries served in Portuguese and Spanish speaking Africa: ANG, CPV, GBS, GEQ, MOZ, STP.

The Centre’s headquarters are in the Leopold Sedar SENGHOR Stadium, the largest stadium in Dakar, but because of renovation works it moved to the National Arena, in Pikine.

The Centre has three big rooms in the arena: one for the Director, one for the staff and one used as a gymnasium (strength training room). During residential courses, one of the arena lecture rooms is utlised.

The participants and lecturers are accommodated at the FANA hotel, which is 10 minutes by car from the stadium.

The high-performance training centre AADC DAKAR hosts a residential training centre for athletes specialised in sprints, hurdles and jumps. At the recent African Games held in Accra, Ghana, in March 2024, athletes from the centre won three gold medals in the men's 110m hurdles and the women's 100m and 200m, one silver in the women's 100m hurdles and one bronze in the triple jump. Among the centre athletes who did not get medals, one reached the finals of the 100m and 200m, while one athlete attained a national record in the long jump.

A team of six members delivers the CAA development strategy at AADC Dakar:
• El,Hadj Amadou Ba: Director
• Emilie Sarr: Assistant – Course Organisation & AADCs Coordinator
• Aissatou léonie Sene: Secretary
• Alain Smail: Head Coach
• Mama Sougou Goumbala: Physiotherapy
• Zenith Cabinet: Finance

AADC Nairobi

Countries served in English speaking Africa: BOT, ETH, ERI, GAM, GHA, KEN, LES, LBR, MAW, MRI, NAM, NGR, SEY, SLE, SOM, RSA, RWA, SSD, SWZ, TAN, UGA, ZAM, ZIM.

The AADC Nairobi is situated in 'Moi International Stadium' Kasarani, Nairobi.

The stadium has excellent facilities for the use of course participants. The office section contains one open plan office room, a gymnasium equipped with basic weight training machines, one fully equipped lecture room and one storage room.

Participants and lecturers are normally accommodated in the Hotel Sportsview. Lecture rooms are also provided at the Sportsview Hotel.

A team of five members delivers the CAA development strategy at AADC Nairobi:
• Ibrahim Hussein: Director
• Elizabeth Anono: Secretary & Course Administration
• Hussein Kirwa: Finance
• Damary Atila: Administrator
• Moses Mwamiri: IT Assistant

CAA programmes and projects include:

1) High Performance Programme
a. High Performance Webinars
b. CECS Level II Courses

2) Leadership Programme
a. Gender Leadership Courses

3) Member Federation Networking and Education Programme
Strategy and Planning Programmes

4) Grass Roots Programme
Kids’ Athletics Train the Trainers Courses

5) Safeguarding Programme

6) Technical Officials Education Programme
a. WARECS Course and Evaluation preparation for NAR, Bronze, Silver and Gold levels
b. RWJ Course & Evaluation preparation for Bronze, Silver and Gold levels
c. Starters & Photofinish Courses
d. Competition Organisation Courses
f. Race Road Measurement Courses and Evaluation

7) Medical and Anti-Doping Education Programme

More information can be found on the CAA website.