DStv SuperSport, Econet Media and the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) have all been handed exclusive deals.

The deals will cover two editions of the Summer Olympics - Tokyo 2020 and the 2024 Games which will be staged in either Los Angeles of Paris.

February's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang are also included as well as the following edition in Beijing in 2022.

Under the agreements, DStv SuperSport have been handed pay TV media rights in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Econet, which unlike the other two organisations is a new broadcast partner, has acquired free-to-air and pay TV rights in Sub-Saharan Africa, and SABC has secured free-to-air rights in South Africa.

A competitive tender process was held before today's announcement, the IOC said.

The Econet and SABC agreements include a commitment to broadcast at least 200 hours of live/same-day coverage of each edition of the Olympic Games along with daily highlights of the Winter Games on free-to-air television.

DStv SuperSport and Econet will also work with the IOC to support the development of the Olympic Channel, including the production of localised content and linear distribution across the region.

"We are delighted to be working with DStv SuperSport, Econet Media and SABC to be able to bring Olympic fans more coverage than ever before," said IOC President Thomas Bach.

"I have visited many countries across Africa and have witnessed first-hand the important role that sport and the Olympic Games play on the African continent. 

"The IOC redistributes 90 per cent of the revenue derived from its commercial agreements to support the development of sport around the world, including in Africa."

Nigeria's IOC member Habu Gummel serves as the organisation's delegate member for African broadcast rights.

"We are pleased to be able to continue our longstanding partnerships with DStv SuperSport and SABC and excited to be working with new partner Econet Media," he said.

"Above all this is great news for Olympic fans across Africa." 

A number of countries are included as part of the broadcast deals.

They are Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.