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Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

Logo: africaolympic.com3

International organization

The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (acronym: ANOCA; French: Association des Comités Nationaux Olympiques d'Afrique, ACNOA, Arabic: رابطة اللجان الأولمبية الوطنية في إفريقيا) is an international organization which represents the current 54 National Olympic Committees of Africa. It serves as the successor to Standing Committee of African Sports or Comité permanent du sport africain founded in 1965 in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.2 It was founded by Anani Matthia and Ydnekatchew Tessema.1 It is headquartered in Abuja.1 It is part of International Olympic Committee.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jun 28, 1981Founded1

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Photo: Faycal.09, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons5

The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (acronym: ANOCA; French: Association des Comités Nationaux Olympiques d'Afrique, ACNOA, Arabic: رابطة اللجان الأولمبية الوطنية في إفريقيا) is an international organization which represents the current 54 National Olympic Committees of Africa. It serves as the successor to Standing Committee of African Sports or Comité permanent du sport africain founded in 1965 in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.2

The story

Founded by Anani Matthia and Ydnekatchew Tessema on Jun 28, 1981, in Lomé.1

The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) was founded on June 28, 1981, in Lomé, Togo. In July 1965, ANOCA's predecessor, the Standing Committee of African Sports (SCAS) was founded in Brazzaville as Comité Permanent du Sport Africain (CPSA). Consequently, that title for the sports continental body changed to the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (SCSA) on 14 December 1966 in Bamako, Mali.

On 4 March 2023, ANOCA announced their support for the International Olympic Committee's decision to reinstate Russian and Belarusian athletes as neutrals amidst the Russo-Ukrainian war, as well as the countries' participation in the Olympics.

From Wikipedia’s article on Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • International Olympic Committee

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Timeline

  1. Jun 28, 1981Founded Founded in Lomé1

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