No Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) has been shared by three countries before. Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda stage the 2027 edition from 19 June to 17 July, with 24 teams spread across 10 stadiums in seven cities.
Several of those grounds did not exist when the Pamoja bid won the hosting rights in September 2023.
Geography alone will shape football betting tips for next June, because the venue map runs from sea level in Dar es Salaam to roughly 1,800m above it in Nairobi. Here is what each host is putting forward.
Kenya: a new 60,000-seater and a stripped-back Kasarani
Nairobi carries the Kenyan share. The Raila Odinga International Stadium, built at Jamhuri Grounds off Ngong Road and known through construction as Talanta Sports City, is a 60,000-seat football and rugby ground started by China Road and Bridge Corporation in March 2024. Kenya’s organising committee put it at 95% complete in August 2026.
Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani, the country’s main arena since 1987, was closed to be gutted rather than patched.
The work covers a hybrid Bermuda grass pitch and drainage, entirely replaced seating, 2,000-lux floodlighting and VAR facilities, and takes the listed capacity to 55,000. Nyayo National Stadium, at 30,000, is the third Nairobi option, with Kipchoge Keino Stadium in Eldoret held in reserve.
Tanzania: Dar es Salaam, Arusha and two in Zanzibar
Tanzania leads with the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam, a 60,000-seat ground opened in 2007 and given a six-month refit covering new seats and rebuilt changing rooms.
Arusha has the 30,000-seat Samia Suluhu Hassan Stadium, a China Railway Construction Engineering Group project running to a late-2026 handover.
Zanzibar offers two. Fumba Stadium, a 36,500-seat venue at the heart of a sports city being built by Turkey’s Orkun Group, was reported 81% finished and due for completion in December 2026. The 15,000-seat Amaan Stadium in Zanzibar City is the smallest name on the whole list.
Uganda: Namboole rebuilt, Hoima and Lira brand new
Mandela National Stadium at Namboole, outside Kampala, is in a second phase of works that lifts seating from 38,268 to 45,000 after an earlier refurbishment brought it back into use.
Hoima City Stadium, a 20,000-seat build that opened on 24 December 2025, has the busier week ahead. Uganda hosts Libya there on 29 September, the first AFCON qualifier the Cranes have played outside Kampala, and CAF inspectors have already asked for remedial work at the ground.
Akii Bua Stadium in Lira, named after the Munich 1972 Olympic 400m hurdles champion John Akii-Bua, completes the Ugandan trio at 20,000.
What CAF has not settled
CAF asks a host for six stadiums plus a reserve, two of them at 40,000 or more and none below 20,000, which is why 10 grounds are in play for a schedule needing fewer.
Senior officials from the competitions, safety, transport and media divisions spent eight days touring all three countries in September 2026 and left without naming a single venue for a single match.
That includes the two that carry the most weight. The opening match on 19 June and the final on 17 July have not been allocated, and Kenya has made a public case for both on the strength of the Raila Odinga stadium. CAF has said only that the host of each will be announced later.
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