MultiChoice Uganda has formally launched its broadcast of the 2025 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), urging Ugandans to unite behind the Uganda Cranes forward of the continent’s premier soccer event.
The announcement was made at a press briefing in Kampala, the place MultiChoice Uganda, a CANAL+ owned firm, confirmed that SuperSport, accessible on DStv and GOtv, will broadcast all 52 matches of the event reside. The thirty fifth version of AFCON might be hosted in Morocco from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026.
To boost viewer expertise, SuperSport will introduce a devoted pop-up channel, SuperSport AFCON (SS AFCON), which can air all matches reside alongside pre- and post-match evaluation on each DStv and GOtv. Matches may even be accessible on SuperSport Africa 2.
SuperSport will broadcast AFCON 2025 throughout English- and Portuguese-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa and in chosen native languages, together with Pidgin, Swahili, isiZulu and Setswana. Viewers may even have entry to round the clock highlights, journal programmes and podcasts in the course of the event.
Talking on the launch, Colin Asiimwe, Head of Advertising and marketing at MultiChoice Uganda, thanked prospects for his or her continued help and introduced a sequence of festive affords geared toward increasing entry to sports activities leisure.
“With AFCON coinciding with the festive season, we now have a singular alternative to understand our prospects via thrilling affords that guarantee they will watch the Uganda Cranes in motion,” Asiimwe mentioned.
MultiChoice Uganda has lowered decoder costs by greater than 40 per cent, with DStv decoders now retailing at UGX 25,000 and GOtv decoders at UGX 19,000. As well as, from 18 December to 19 January, all DStv and GOtv prospects will get pleasure from an open window with expanded entry to SuperSport, together with high European soccer competitions such because the UEFA Champions League and the English Premier League.
Nellie Mwandha, Head of Buyer Worth Administration at MultiChoice Uganda, mentioned the corporate was dedicated to bringing households collectively via soccer in the course of the festive season.
“From 21 December 2025, SuperSport would be the residence of AFCON motion, the place Ugandans can come collectively and watch each match reside,” Mwandha mentioned.
She confirmed that followers will be capable to comply with all Uganda Cranes matches, beginning with their fixture towards Tunisia on 23 December and ending with their ultimate group recreation towards Nigeria on 30 December, in addition to each different match of the event.
AFCON 2025 will kick off on 21 December on the devoted SuperSport AFCON channel (Channel 222 on DStv and Channel 359 on GOtv) and on SuperSport Africa 2 (Channel 230 on DStv and Channel 364 on GOtv). Viewers can entry reside AFCON protection via Ka Weekie packages ranging from UGX 11,500 on GOtv Plus and UGX 15,000 on DStv Entry.
