FINDING THE NET
MNINAWA NTLOKO: Ahmad is running out of time to prove he is Caf’s redeemer
Is the honeymoon over for Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Ahmad Ahmad? It’s been eight months since the 58-year-old from Madagascar swept into office on an euphoric wave of change, and many of those who swung from the chandeliers when he ousted long-serving Cameroonian Issa Hayatou now seem to be frustrated by the slow pace of reform at Caf’s headquarters in Egypt. Caf often appeared to be out of step with the rest of the world during Hayatou’s reign of nearly three decades and the Cameroonian was cast in the role of the despotic villain who was the main obstacle to change, a role he played to perfection. Ahmad had a lot of expectations to live up to and he was expected to speedily usher in a new era after his much vilified predecessor’s aloof style of leadership. But patience is wearing thin and many of those who cheered and pumped their fists in the plenary hall in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in March after Ahmad won the election by 34 votes to Hayatou’s 20 are demand...
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