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| Formation | 1971 |
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| Headquarters | Kampala, Uganda |
President | Dr. Ashraf Sobhy |
| Website | https://africauniversitysports.com/ |
The Federation of Africa University Sports (FASU) is the governing body responsible for sporting activities in African universities. [1]
The origin of the body can be traced to 1971 when thirty one (31) delegates from seventeen (17) universities in 10 African countries gathered in Lagos with the aim of unifying and improving sporting activities in African universities. [2]
This gathering was a result of the directive given to Lateef Adegbite from Nigeria at the Summer FISU games in Torino, Italy in 1970 by the West African University Games (WAUG) Council to meet all the African delegations and harmonize sporting activities in Africa.[ citation needed ]
After this meeting, George Benneh from the University of Ghana emerged as the first president of the body while E.T. Kodzi from Ghana emerged as the secretary general.[ citation needed ]
This is the committee responsible for decision making of the body. The committee is made up of the members elected by the assembly, presidents of the zones and immediate past president.
This committee meets at least four times every year. Members of the committee includes; [3] [4]
Activities of FASU is binding on every member nations under the body. Some of these activities includes; [5]
47 nations (December 2025). [7]
FASU has 5 regional associations as North, South, East, West and Central, known as FASU Zone: [8]