CAF president Patrice Motsepe was re-elected unopposed for a second four-year term on Wednesday but how much does the South African billionaire earn in his role?
Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe was re-elected unopposed during the 14th CAF Extraordinary General Assembly in Cairo, Egypt on Wednesday.
Motsepe did not have a rival coming into the meeting and the exercise took little time as he got four more years to continue his transformation of African football.
The South African billionaire has made several changes that have yielded a lot with a massive increase in revenue that has trickled down to clubs and national teams.
With his re-election, African football will likely witness further transformation, with an emphasis on increasing broadcast and sponsorship revenue, improving infrastructure as well as eliminating leadership wrangles.
Kenya has been dealt a blow in its ambitious multi-billion Talanta stadium project earmarked for AFCON 2027 with audit revealing millions lost.
One question fans have been asking is how much the CAF boss has been, and will be earning.
However, fans will be surprised to learn that Motsepe does not earn anything as CAF president and has instead put his own money into the game.
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When he took over on March 12, 2021, Motsepe declined to take a salary and through the Motsepe Foundation, put in millions of dollars in donations to school football instead.
This is in contrast to his predecessor Ahmad Ahmad, who was earning a monthly salary of $40,000, totaling $480,000 per year, with an annual bonus of $80,000.
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Motsepe has, however, advocated for the increase in pay to others within football like in October 2024, he proposed that all African football association presidents receive $50,000 each.
His re-election also means he will continue in his role as one of the FIFA vice presidents and this is a role that earns $300,000 annually, as per the Associated Press.
However, it is not known if Motsepe takes home this sum or has declined as is the case with CAF.
Motsepe has served the game with dedication with CAF releasing healthy financial figures for the 2022/23 financial year with losses reducing from $27.6 million to $8.8 million in the previous year with projections of a net profit of $11.1 million in the coming financial year.
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Under Motsepe, CAF organised the best-ever AFCON in 2023 in Ivory Coast, setting a new viewership record of over two billion viewers worldwide, making it the most-watched in its over 60-year history, while it generated $80 million in profit, the highest ever.
