The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has opened a media rights tender for its major club competitions covering the 2026–27 and 2027–28 seasons, inviting bids for broadcast coverage across sub-Saharan Africa.
The package includes the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League, TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup, CAF Super Cup and CAF Women’s Champions League. Rights are being offered in English and local languages across both free-to-air and pay-television platforms, creating opportunities for broadcasters and media operators seeking to expand their African football portfolios.
Interested parties must submit their bids by 5pm Egyptian time on 11 November. The deadline comes just 16 days before the main stages of the CAF Champions League are scheduled to begin on 27 November, leaving a relatively short period for successful bidders to finalise programming, distribution and production arrangements ahead of the competition.
The scope of the tender also highlights important exclusions. North African media rights are not included, while French-language pay-TV rights have also been left outside the offer. CAF has not specified in the information provided whether these rights have already been allocated or will be managed through separate processes. The position is particularly relevant to francophone broadcasters and pay-TV operators assessing what opportunities remain in their respective markets.
The timing adds to an active period for CAF’s commercial rights portfolio. An amended invitation to tender for the media rights to the 2028, 2031 and 2033 editions of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations is due to close on 16 November. Meanwhile, the tender for the AFCON 2027 host broadcast partner, which had a proposal deadline of 2 September, remains unawarded.
The overlapping processes place several significant African football rights opportunities before the market within a short period. For broadcasters, the club competitions package offers access to established continental tournaments, but the limited lead time and territorial exclusions will be important considerations when evaluating bids and planning coverage.
