Orange celebrates the 28th African Cup of Nations

Football is a fascinating universal language that brings together one billion Africans in 55 countries. Since 2009, Orange has been supporting the Confederation of African Football (CAF) as a principal sponsor for the six main competitions on the continent through to 2016.
Today, Orange is linking up with the 2012 African Cup of Nations in Gabon-Equatorial Guinea, from the start of the 28th event on January 21 in Gabon and throughout the competition's 32 matches, all the way through to the final, which will be taking place in Libreville on February 12.

longstanding partnership with African football
This partnership with the CAF follows on from a longstanding commitment to developing this sport in Africa, with Orange involved in most of the countries with local clubs and federations for some time now.
For many years, Orange has been supporting the national teams from the Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Niger and Botswana.
This commitment to African football took on a new scale when the partnership was sealed with the Confederation of African Football in July 2009. Buoyed by the success of the first Orange African Cup of Nations - ANGOLA 2010 - Orange is continuing to develop mobile services to enable its customers to live their passion for football to the full during the coming years under this partnership.

multimedia arrangements for following Africa's leading football competition
As a privileged partner and broadcaster, Orange is putting African football firmly in the spotlight on Orange sport:
African Cup of Nations opening ceremony and match shown with free access on Orange sport for Orange TV's four million customers, and also available on the web,
outstanding coverage from January 21 to February 12, with all 32 matches from the Orange African Cup of Nations broadcast live on Orange sport, including eight shown with free access on Orange TV's Channel 98 and online,
dedicated internet site on Orange sport,
lastly, the "football fan club" channel from the Pan-African portal starafrica.com will also be covering the entire event.