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Abdelaziz BOUGJA, is the Chairman of World Rugby's African association, Rugby Africa.

Founded in 1986, Rugby Africa, formerly known as the African Rugby Confederation, is one of the six regional associations of World Rugby, the international body that manages rugby 15 and rugby sevens.

Rugby Africa brings together African nations playing rugby 15, rugby 7 and women's rugby. Rugby Africa organizes the Rugby Africa Gold Cup, qualifying competition for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, and Africa 7, qualifying competition for the 2020 Olympic Games.

Rugby Africa has 38 members, including 22 members or associate members of World Rugby, 10 members or associate members of Rugby Africa and 16 new countries working with Rugby Africa.

The number of registered players on the continent jumped up from 770 000 to over a million in the last year alone. In 2013, World Rugby’s “Get Into Rugby” initiative attracted 22 000 players, in 2017, that number was 384 000.

The number of female rugby players in Africa has seen a 50% increase between 2016 and 2017. In 2017, 20% of rugby players in Africa are women and girls.

The main Official Sponsor of Rugby Africa it the le leading media relations consulting firm APO Group.