After taking up the post in January 2011, Matsauki left the continental governing body when his contract expired at the end of June in order to start up an international sports consultancy business.

Applications for his replacement are open until August 20, with potential applicants encouraged to contact ANOCA at [email protected] for more information.

Based from the ANOCA headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, the successful applicant will have the aim of "professionalising the administration" of the organisation, as well as to better manage its technical projects and strengthen its relationship with its members and partners.

All candidates must be bilingual in English and French, although applications must be received in English.

Building on the success of the African Youth Games is a major aim for ANOCA
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In a more general sense, the aim of the post will be working with ANOCA President Lassana Palenfo to improve the coordination of the work of all the National Olympic Committees affiliated to ANOCA, and to help encourage improvements in a sporting sense as well as an administrative one.

This will presumably include events such as the All African Games, due to take place in Brazzaville, Congo next year, as well as building upon the success of the African Youth Games held earlier this year in Gabarone, Botswana.

But they will also build upon the work achieved by Mutsauki, former chief executive of the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee, who is returning to his home country to set up a sports consultancy that, he hopes, will follow in the footsteps of Senegal-based company, Jappo.

The veteran sports administrator told Zimbabwean newspaper The Herald that his new company, RM Sports Management, will "collaborate" with sports organisations, educational institutions and other key stakeholders both locally and internationally.

Among other things, he claimed, they will help interested sporting associations in various fields such as corporate governance, strategic planning and management, team building, resource mobilisation, project management, media management and relations, and the training of national course directors.

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