15 exclusive photos from the Parliamentary select committee on Youth, Sports, and Culture’s visit to Borteyman and Legon construction sites

A 6-member delegation from Ghana’s Parliamentary Select Committee on Youth, Sports, and Culture inspected the progress of work at the Borteyman and Legon construction sites for the 13th African Games. Hon. Johnson Kwaku Adu, who is the chairman of the committee, led the team to conduct the inspection of the facilities at the University of Ghana site […]

LOC mourns with Azumah Nelson

Chairman of the LOC for the 13th African Games, Dr. Kwaku Ofosu-Asare with Azumah Nelson at the final funeral rites of his late mother

The Local Organising Committee for the 13th African Games, Accra 2023, helped wipe the tears of two-weight world champion Azumah Nelson during the final funeral rites of his late mother. The 64-year-old laid his late mother, Comfort Atwei Quarcoo, who passed away peacefully aged 86 to rest on Saturday, March 11, 2023, in Accra. The […]

Asafa Powell to become ambassador for Accra 2023

Asafa Powell would become an ambassador for the 13th African Games

Two-time 100 metres world record holder Asafo Powell has pledged to become an ambassador for the 13th African Games. On Friday, March 3, 2023, the ex-Jamaican sprint king paid a visit to the secretariat of the Local Organising Committee for the March 2024 event in Accra. The Spanish Town-born, 40, was in the company of his […]

Asafa Powell assures Support for the 13th African Games, Accra 2023

Asafa Powell and his wife visit LOC

On March 3, 2023, Asafa Powell, the former world record holder in the 100-meter sprint, and his Ghanaian wife Alyshia Powell paid a courtesy call on the Executive Chairman and some members of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the 13th African Games, dubbed Accra 2023. The Executive Chairman of the LOC, Dr. Kwaku Ofosu-Asare […]

Accra 2023 to serve as qualifiers for Paris 2024 summer Olympics for these 12 disciplines

Dr. Kwaku Ofosu-Asare is the Executive Chairman of the LOC1

The 13th African Games, dubbed Accra 2023, will serve as qualifiers for 12 sporting disciplines for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The number of disciplines could increase, according to the Executive Chairman of the Local Organising Committee (LOC), Dr. Kwaku Ofosu-Asare. Dr. Ofosu-Asare announced the list of disciplines on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, after the LOC […]