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Confederation of African Athletics


Column 1
African Athletics
January 17, 1973 (1973-01-17)
Sports organisation
Dakar, Senegal
Africa
54 national associations
Vacant
African Union Sports Council
World Athletics
www.caaweb.org

The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA; French: Confédération Africaine d'Athlétisme) is the continental association for the sport of athletics in Africa. It is headquartered in Dakar, Senegal. It organises the African Championships in Athletics and other continental competitions. From 2003 to May 2026, Hamad Kalkaba Malboum of Cameroon held the position of president.

The organization was founded on 17 January 1973. Before 1992, the organization was known as the Confederation of African Amateur Athletics and sometimes as the African Amateur Athletics Federation.

  • List of African records in athletics

  • CAA official website

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