Sport Impact Summit: "$1.25bn invested in African football by FIFA since 2016" (Fatma Samoura, FIFA)

"Since the inception of the Forward Programme in 2016, our financial support to the beneficiaries of the African continent is $1.25bn (€1.17bn), of which about $120m (€112m) has been invested in football infrastructure across 48 countries and including 169 new football pitches," said Fatma Samoura (SEN), secretary general of FIFA, in Dakar...