Confederation of African Football (CAF) is poised to reveal the host nations for the 2025, 2027, and 2029 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournaments this week.

The long-awaited announcements are the result of a CAF Executive Committee meeting scheduled for Wednesday, September 27, 2023, in Cairo.

This decision-making process has been highly anticipated for nearly a year, beginning with CAF's decision to strip Guinea of its hosting rights for the 2025 finals in October 2022. CAF subsequently disclosed its intention to select hosts for both the 2027 and 2029 finals concurrently.

According to insider sources, Morocco is expected to secure the hosting rights for the 2025 edition, Senegal is likely to host the 2027 tournament, and a joint bid from Nigeria and Benin is poised to secure the 2029 hosting rights.

The decision to revoke Guinea's hosting privileges for the 2025 tournament was rooted in CAF's assessment that the nation was significantly lagging in its preparations for the 24-team competition.

As a result, CAF initiated a process to reopen the bidding, with plans to finalise the selection early in 2023. However, the final decision has been repeatedly postponed.Bids were submitted for the 2025 finals by Algeria, Morocco, Zambia, and a collaborative effort from Benin and Nigeria. Meanwhile, for the 2027 AFCON, bids came from Algeria, Botswana, Egypt, and a joint candidature involving Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

CAF conducted comprehensive evaluations, including sending assessment teams to all bidding countries and appointing an independent assessor to oversee the inspections.

Nonetheless, the ultimate authority to determine the hosts rests with the CAF Executive Committee. The past decade has witnessed a series of challenges and shifts in the history of hosting the Africa Cup of Nations, including South Africa stepping in to replace war-torn Libya in 2013.

Concerns about Cameroon's readiness for the 2019 finals led to Egypt hosting the tournament, while Cameroon successfully hosted the delayed 2021 edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cote d'Ivoire, initially set to host the 2023 Afcon, postponed the event by six months due to concerns about the rainy season in West Africa.