By Faith Barbara Namagembe updated at 1230 EAT on 18 June 2022.

Uganda Centre referee Shamirah Nabadda will officiate at the forthcoming TotalEnergies Women Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.

Nabadda is one of the 16 centre referees appointed by CAF to officiate at the biennal Championship that will take place between 2nd -23rd July in Rabat and Casablanca.


In total, CAF has selected 40 match officials, comprising of 16 referees, 16 assistant referees and eight Video Assistant Referee (VAR) from 24 countries.

They will undergo a preparation course in Rabat, starting on 25th June before the games get underway.

For the first time, the tournament will have a total of 12 teams, expanding from the previous 8 with teams divided in three groups.

Group A

• Morocco
• Senegal
• Burkina Faso
• Uganda

Group B

• Cameroon
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Zambia

Group Chttps://25b06d0cdb71b14bbde84cecd8494b9b.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html?n=0

• Nigeria
• South Africa
• Burundi
• Botswana

Referees

1. Maria Packuita Cynquela Rivet- Mauritius
2. Ganouati Dorsaf – Tunisia
3. Shahenda Saad Ali Elmaghrabi – Egypt
4. Akona Zenith Makalima – South Africa
5. Lidya Tafesse Abebe-  Ethiopia
6. Mame Coumba Faye – Senegal
7. Shamira Nabadda -Uganda
8. Zomadre Sonia Kore- Cote d’Ivoire
9. Aissata Boudy Lam- Mauritania
10. Salima Mukansanga- Rwanda
11. Amedome Vincentia Enyonam- Togo
12. Viana Letticia- Eswatini
13. Suavis Iratunga- Burundi
14. Karboubi Bouchra-  Morocco
15. Madu Ndidi Patience- Nigeria
16. Twanyanyukwa Ndemugwanitha Antsino-  Namibia

Assistant Referees

1. Rakotozafinoro Lidwine Pelagie- Madagascar
2. Atef Said Abdelfattah Yara- Egypt
3. Kanjinga Mireille Mujanayi-DR Congo
4. Chikotesha Diana-Zambia
5. Fanta Kone-Mali
6. Atezambong Fomo Carine- Cameroon
7. Mariem Chedad- Mauritania
8. Yekini Shitou Nafissatou-Benin
9. Afine Houda-Tunisia
10. Ouahab Asma Feriel-Algeria
11. Mimisen Agatha Iyorhe-Nigeria
12. Hamdi Soukaina-Morocco
13. Kwimbira Bernadettar-Malawi
14. Queency Victoire-Mauritius
15. Jermoumi Fatiha-Morocco
16. Mona Mahmoud Atallah Mostafa-Egypt