Alternative names Mbankomo Country Cameroon Opened 2010 | Town or city Mbankomo, Completed 2010 Construction started 2008 | |
Owner Confederation of African Football | ||
The Mbankomo academic & sports centre is the center of excellence football of Confederation of African Football in Cameroon. Operational since 1998. The center with international standards is located in the village of Mbankomo (25 km from Yaoundé on the road Yaoundé-Douala).
Contents
- The place
- An international vocation
- Area
- Infrastructure
- Effective asset
- Coming asset
- The project
- Costs
- External links
- References
The center is a quiet area in the equatorial forest. It has modern facilities and is appropriate for concentration. It is a gathering place for Indomitable Lions for home games.
The place
This academy is situated in Mbankomo, outside urban areas.
An international vocation
Some teams have already used the center's infrastructure:
Area
Already built over five hectares, 24 hectares were granted by the State of Cameroon, the Academy is located near the center of Mbankomo, four kilometers from the road Yaounde- Douala. The architectural masterpiece includes a large central building, which has 40 luxury rooms, a restaurant, a conference room and several offices. Two playgrounds for the practice of football are being finalized. A maximum size (90mx120m) field will be covered with synthetic turf and other minimum size (45mx90) will be natural grass.
Infrastructure
The center has been operational since 2010, is located in the quiet equatorial forest, in a secure, ideal for training, green housing and seminars environment
Effective asset
6 hectares of the 24 hectares available are occupied.
Coming asset
The project
It was during one of Assisi's Executive Committee meets in South Africa in April 2003 that the CAF had decided to contribute more to the development of football on the continent through the construction of sports facilities. In its first phase achievements, six regions of Africa had been identified. For the zone in Central Africa, the country of Roger Milla was chosen. The Government of the Republic of Cameroon has offered Mbankomo field, located 24 km from Yaoundé. December 20, 2006, Shorouk, an Egyptian company started work, which in principle should be received in the month of July.
Costs
6 billion CFA francs. In the opinion of Issa Hayatou, the chairman of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) is approximately the amount of money already engulfed by his institution in the works construction of the "Centre of Excellence" in Cameroon. The announcement was made last Friday during a site visit by the President of CAF, who was accompanied on the occasion of its employees. In the opinion of Issa Hayatou, the contribution of the International Federation of Association Football (Fifa) is $ 1.8 million (1.2 in interest-free repayable loan and $ 600 million in donations) . The rest of the investment capital comes from the CAF. He added that the Centre of Excellence Mbankomo could be more expensive: "If the government of Cameroon did not exempt the construction material of all customs duties."