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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said today that Africa could host the Olympics for the first time as early as 2032. The committee is currently meeting many African countries to consider the feasibility of such a proposition. Bach didn’t mention any African country but stated that the IOC hopes to elect a host city at the next IOC session in October 2018 in Buenos Aires.

This information was disclosed by Bach in Pyeongchang on Wednesday, February 7, 2018. This is just two days before the commencement of the 2018 Winter Olympics. The committee has also approved plans to target Africa to host the fourth Summer Youth Olympic games (YOG) in 2022.

 

“Africa is the home of so many very successful Olympic athletes. Africa is a continent of youth. That is why we want to take the Youth Olympic Games 2022 to Africa. The IOC will proactively approach a number of African NOCs to evaluate the feasibility of such a project,” said Bach. "This Youth Olympic Games we hope can inspire one of the African countries to come up with a feasible candidature for 2032 or 2036."

 

"But we have enough confidence in Africa that we said we do not want to wait so long, let's go in 2022 with the Youth Olympic Games (YOG)."

 

If this proposal is agreed to by the IOC, Africa will also witness the first Olympic Games in the continent.

 

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