Award-winning Afrobeats celebrity Davido is ready to headline the official kick‑off live performance of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), promising an electrifying begin to the continent’s greatest soccer pageant.
The live performance, scheduled to happen on the Olm Souissi Fan Zone in Rabat, Morocco, on Saturday, may even function performances from worldwide stars together with French Montana, Douaa Lahyaoui, Says’z, and Lartiste.
This isn’t Davido’s first main soccer‑themed efficiency, he beforehand headlined the AFCON 2017 opening ceremony, carried out on the 2022 FIFA World Cup attract Doha.
The ‘With You’ crooner additionally took stage on the 2023 Skilled Footballers’ Affiliation (PFA) Awards, cementing his status as a world music powerhouse able to thrilling massive audiences.
The AFCON 2025 finals formally kick off on Saturday with the opening sport between hosts Morocco and Comoros on the Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah in Rabat, setting the stage for a month-long celebration of soccer and tradition.
The live performance isn’t nearly music, it’s an expression of African delight, cultural creativity, and unity by bringing collectively artists from throughout the continent and the diaspora, CAF and TotalEnergies purpose to highlight how music and sport complement one another in celebrating identification and artistry.
For Davido, this efficiency marks one other high-profile gig on the worldwide stage, persevering with his function as certainly one of Africa’s most influential entertainers.
Followers are eagerly anticipating not simply the sporting spectacle, but in addition the musical extravaganza that guarantees to deliver collectively prime African and worldwide skills, with Davido main the cost.
