AUDIO: Zifa president Chiyangwa appointed COSAFA, CECAFA, Northern bloc chairman

Zimbabwe Football Association boss Philip Chiyangwa’s meteoric rise in African football continued as he was appointed chair of a new grouping of 31 associations on the continent.

Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa (r) with Leicester City coach Claudio Ranieri

The grouping comprises of members of the Council of Southern African Football Associations (which he is also president of), Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations as well as the Northern bloc.

Speaking on the launch Chiyangwa said the grouping named CCN will have its first congress in September after which its objectives will be made clear. It will work as an ‘army’ of

The organisation will seek to collaborate on matters of technical development, by integrating many components of their activities for synergy and progress.

The new development effectively makes Chiyangwa the most powerful man in African football after CAF president Ahmad Ahmad.