The 7th All Africa University Games officially came to an end on 17th July 2014 at a closing ceremony held at the University of Nairobi (UoN) Sports Grounds, where more than 13 countries from different parts of Africa and 500 student athletes had participated.
The games that were competed include; soccer, karate, netball, swimming, table tennis, track and field events, American football, and volleyball.
The games were organized by the Federation of African Universities Sports (FASU).
The games were played in different venues including the Main Campus (Basketball, Chess, Karate, Netball, Table Tennis, American Football, Handball, and Sitting Volleyball), Kenya Science (Soccer and Badminton), Safaricom Stadium, Kasarani (Swimming), Nyayo National Stadium (Athletics), and Nairobi Club (Tennis).
The West Africans displayed their dominance in short races as was expected, while Kenyans did not do bad in long races as the North Africans’ energy was in javelin and shot put.
During the closing ceremony, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Sports, Culture and Arts, Dr. Hassan Wario, said he was delighted to have officiated the closing ceremony in corporation with the Local Organizing Committee.
He noted that this was the 2nd time Kenya and in particular UoN, had hosted such an important event across the continent. He said that the government was at the forefront in partnering with universities to support sports activities.
The Vice-Chancellor of UoN, Prof. George Magoha, who was represented by Deputy Vice- Chancellor (Finance and Administration), Prof. P. Mbithi thanked FASU for choosing Kenya and UoN to host the 2014 intercontinental games. He saluted all teams for successfully participating in the games and urged them to keep up with the spirit of hard work that they had demonstrated throughout the tournaments.
The FASU President, Dr. Ralethe Malumbete, thanked UoN for having had successfully hosted the games. He also thanked the media, sponsors, partners and all the people who had contributed in one way or the other, to make the event a big success.
Egypt emerged as the overall winner of the 7th All Africa University Games.
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