African Swimming Confederation

Africa Aquatics
Sport	Aquatic Sports
Membership	43 federations
Founded	1970; 54 years ago
Regional affiliation	Africa
Headquarters	Johannesburg
Location	South Africa
President	Sam Ramsamy
Chairperson	Doreen Tiborcz
Secretary	Mohamed Diop

Africa Aquatics, previously known as African Swimming Confederation (CANA), is the continental association charged with overseeing swimming for Africa. CANA was founded in 1970, with 7 members. By 2008 it had 43 members.^[1]

Members[edit]

CANA is geographically divided into four (4) Zones, each of which hosts its own Age Group Championships. The Zones are as follows:

Zone	Members
1	Algeria	Egypt	Libya	Morocco	Tunisia

2	Cameroon	Congo	Ivory Coast	DR Congo	Gambia
	Ghana	Guinea	Mali	Niger
	Nigeria	Senegal	Togo

3	Burundi	Ethiopia	Kenya	Rwanda
3	Sudan	Tanzania	Uganda

4	Angola	Botswana	Comoros	Lesotho	Madagascar
	Malawi	Mauritius	Mozambique	Namibia	Seychelles
	South Africa	Eswatini	Zambia	Zimbabwe

Other African FINA members:

Competitions[edit]

African Swimming Championships
African Junior Swimming Championships
African Zone Swimming Championships (annual; multiple locations)

References[edit]

^ "Message from the President". Archived from the original on 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2008-10-07. Note: The 43 number is what is listed on the CANA website; however, FINA has 45 national federations in Africa.

External links[edit]

CANA website

[1] "Message from the President". Archived from the original on 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2008-10-07. Note: The 43 number is what is listed on the CANA website; however, FINA has 45 national federations in Africa.

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