FIFA: opening of an "Africa office" in Rabat (Morocco), five years ahead of the 2030 World Cup

FIFA has opened an "Africa office" in Rabat (Morocco), it announced on 26/07/2025. This branch of the world body is located within the Royal Moroccan Football Federation's Mohammed VI football complex.

The office "will now provide a space where FIFA and its 54 African member associations (MAs) can meet to discuss current and future development projects, forging closer ties between world football's governing body and those who strive to take the game forward in their country and across the continent," explained FIFA. "The FIFA Africa office joins similar FIFA hubs in Paris, France, Miami, United States, and Jakarta, Indonesia, that underpin FIFA's aim of building even closer and stronger local links to its 211 MAs around the world with the goal of facilitating football's growth globally."

The inauguration, which was attended by Fouzi Lekjaa, president of the FRMF, and Patrice Motsepe, president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), comes five years before the start of the 2030 World Cup, which Morocco will co-host with Portugal and Spain. The opening of the office took place…