The stage is set for the Women’s Football event at the African Games, hosted at the Cape Coast Stadium. The reigning champions of the WAFU U-20 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, the Black Princesses, find themselves in Group A alongside Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Ghana’s journey in the tournament kicks off with a match against Ethiopia on Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the Cape Coast Stadium. Following this, Coach Yussif Basigi’s squad will take on Tanzania on Tuesday, March 12, and conclude the group stage with a match against Uganda on Friday, March 15, 2024.

Coach Yussif Basigi’s team, fresh from a seven-day camp in Clairefontaine, France, as part of an exchange program between the France Football Federation (FFF) and the France Embassy in Accra, has also secured their place in the upcoming FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup after defeating Senegal.