Ivorian sports minister praises Dakar’s organisation of YOG
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb
Ivory Coast’s Minister of Sports, Adjé Silas Metch, congratulated Youth Olympic Games organising committee president Mamadou Diagna Ndiaye on staging the Games in Dakar. The minister described Senegal as a benchmark in sports management and spoke of stronger cooperation between Abidjan and Dakar, according to Seneweb.
Ivory Coast’s Minister of Sports, Adjé Silas Metch, congratulated the organising committee of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) on Monday for staging the event, according to Seneweb. He said Senegal was a benchmark for sports management after visiting the committee’s president, Mamadou Diagna Ndiaye.
Adjé Silas Metch proposed strengthening exchanges between Abidjan and Dakar on organising major sporting events, citing Ivory Coast’s experience of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. He also said Ivory Coast was considering a possible bid to host a YOG.
The Ivorian minister’s visit came the day after the opening of the Dakar 2026 YOG, the first edition of the Games to be held in Africa. Organising committee president Mamadou Diagna Ndiaye praised Ivory Coast’s experience in hosting the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
