African Swimming Confederation

African Swimming Confederation (CANA) is the African Swimming Confederation: Confédération Africaine de Natation. It 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]

African Swimming Confederation
Confédération Africaine de Natation
(CANA)
SportAquatic Sports
Membership43 federations
Founded1970 (1970)
Regional affiliationAfrica
HeadquartersJohannesburg
LocationSouth Africa
PresidentSam Ramsamy
ChairpersonDoreen Tiborcz
SecretaryMohamed Diop
African Union

Members

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

ZoneMembers
1  Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia
2  CameroonRepublic of the Congo Congo Ivory CoastDemocratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo Gambia
 Ghana Guinea Mali Niger
 Nigeria Senegal Togo
3  Burundi Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda
 Sudan Tanzania Uganda
4  Angola Botswana Comoros Lesotho Madagascar
 Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles
 South Africa Eswatini Zambia Zimbabwe

Other African FINA members:

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

References
  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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