The governing body of football in Africa, CAF, claimed that it received a total of 5,000 applications for media coverage of the 2023 AFCON which is 90% more than the applications CAF received for the 2021 edition of the tournament held in Ivory Coast.
According to the CAF announcement on its official website on Saturday, December 16, the media accreditation period for the 2023 AFCON ended on November 24.