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Confederation of African Esports
AbbreviationCAES
Formation14 December 2008; 15 years ago (2008-12-14)
TypeSports Federation
Legal statusAssociation
PurposeControlling body for esports in Africa
HeadquartersGermiston, South Africa
Membership
5 member National federations
Official language
English
President
Mrs. Amanda Pakade
Volunteers
6
Websitehttps://www.facebook.com/ConfederationofAfricaneSports/

The Confederation of African Esports (CAES) is the governing body of Esports in Africa.

Members

So far, there are 5 member nations in CAES.[1]

Nation Organization
 Egypt
 Namibia NeSA
 Nigeria NeSF
 South Africa MSSA
 Tunisia TUNeSF

History

Confederation of African Esports was formally constituted on 14 June 2007.

Structure

Confederation of African Esports, like other sports confederations, is constituted as a voluntary association.

The highest authority of the CAES is the Annual General Meeting which holds all Committees accountable for their actions.

The management board deals with the day-to-day operations of CAES and overseas the different Boards of Control.

History of the emblem

In 2008 the logo included the mind sports logo. The mind sports logo was dropped in 2013 in favour of the wording 'CAES'.

Official Test matches

The following Test matches were held:

Year Date Countries Title played Result
2020 29 April 2020  Namibia,  South Africa DotA 2 0 - 2
2018 23 June 2018  Namibia,  South Africa Tekken 7 (Male), Tekken 7 (Female), FIFA'18 0 - 2, 0 - 1, 1 - 1
2018 17 March 2018  Ghana,  South Africa FIFA'18 and Tekken 7 3 - 1, 2 - 2
2017 16 September 2017  Tunisia,  South Africa League of Legends 2 - 0
2017 30 July 2017  Namibia,  South Africa FIFA '17 1–0
2016 9 October 2016  Egypt,  South Africa HearthStone 1-1
2016 6 February 2016  Ghana,  South Africa[2] FIFA'16 5–1
2015 14 August 2015  Algeria,  South Africa CounterStrike: GO 1–0
2015 14 August 2015  Libya,  South Africa CounterStrike: GO 1–0
2015 13 August 2015  Tunisia,  South Africa CounterStrike: GO 1–0
2015 13 August 2015  Egypt,  South Africa CounterStrike: GO 1–0
2015 27 March 2015  South Africa,  Zimbabwe FIFA '15 2–0
2014 25 October 2014  Namibia,  South Africa Dota 2 0–2
2014 8 August 2014  Egypt,  South Africa DotA 2 2–0
2013 31 July 2013  Romania,  South Africa DotA 2 1–0
2010 8 December 2010  Namibia,  South Africa FIFA '10 0–2
2010 8 December 2010  Namibia,  South Africa Call of Duty 4 0–1

Continental Championships

Year host venue titles played YouTube coverage
2008  South Africa (MSSA) University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa DotA, Counter-Strike 1.6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_XkofWTisg

Presidents

CAES has had the following Presidents for the period 2008 to present:

Year President Country
2021 Amanda Kwaza  South Africa
2019 - 2020 Ahmed Cheikhrouhou  Tunisia
2013 - 2018 Mohammed Saad  Egypt
2007 - 2012 Colin Webster  South Africa

References

  1. ^ Change is in the air
  2. ^ "eSports South Africa to face Ghana in FIFA '16 Test match (News: 01 Feb 2016)".