By Frank Ulom
Do you want to watch the 2023 African Cup of Nations, AFCON that just started in Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) for free? Well, look no further as this article will guide you on how to watch every single game on your smartphones, tablets and smart TVs.
To watch the 2023 AFCONS for free on your phones, tablets or TV, you need two apps. Yacine TV app and YTV Player Pro app.
Note, this only works on Android Phones, Android Tablets and Android TVs (Smart TV).
To begin, you need to download the latest Yacine TV App Here. After downloading, install the application on your Android phone, tablet or TV. You may see a warning for installing app from an untrusted source, ignore the warning, by clicking the settings and ticking the “Install apps from unknown sources”, other than the Google Play Store.
After successfully installing the Yacine TV app, go to your Google Play Store and download the YTV Player Pro app. You can also Download it Here or through a Google search if your device doesn’t support the Google Play Store.
After downloading and successfully installing both apps, all you need to do next is open the Yacine TV app – it will look like the screenshot below.
On the LIVE TV page, you will see a menu with Sports Channels and their resolutions (HD), just click on any you want to watch. Note, only beIN Sports works effectively well. Others do work too.
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Secondly and most effective way to watch LIVE sports on the Yacine TV app is to navigate to “LIVE EVENT”, here, you will watch all the latest matches currently for the day and their time. Just click on any match you want to watch. The resolution will adjust based on your network strength. You can also choose the resolution by tapping on the screen. See the screenshot below.
If you don’t want to miss any matches, you can turn on notifications by clicking on the three dashes at the top left-hand corner of your screen on the Yacine TV app.
NOTE: Use the Yacine TV app to watch your matches, the YTV Player Pro app is only needed as a stimulator and will open automatically whenever you click on the Yacine app to watch any match.
Note also that the 2023 AFCON is being played in 2024.
2023 AFCON SCHEDULE
Group Stage
Saturday 13 January 2024
Group A: Ivory Coast vs Guinea-Bissau – Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan (9pm)
Sunday 14 January 2024
Group A: Nigeria vs Equatorial Guinea – Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan (3pm)
Group B: Egypt vs Mozambique – Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium, Abidjan (6pm)
Group B: Ghana vs Cape Verde – Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium, Abidjan (9pm)
Monday 15 January 2024
Group C: Senegal vs The Gambia – Charles Konan Banny Stadium, Yamoussoukro (3pm)
Group C: Cameroon vs Guinea – Yamoussoukro (6pm)
Group D: Algeria vs Angola – Stade de la Paix, Bouake (9pm)
Tuesday 16 January 2024
Group D: Burkina Faso vs Mauritania – Bouake (3pm)
Group E: Tunisia vs Namibia – Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium, Korhogo (6pm)
Group E: Mali vs South Africa – Korhogo (9pm)
Wednesday 17 January 2024
Group F: Morocco vs Tanzania – Laurent Pokou Stadium, San Pedro (6pm)
Group F: DR Congo vs Zambia – San Pedro (9pm)
Thursday 18 January 2024
Group A: Equatorial Guinea vs Guinea-Bissau – Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan (3pm)
Group A: Ivory Coast vs Nigeria – Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan (6pm)
Group B: Egypt vs Ghana – Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium, Abidjan (9pm)
Friday 19 January 2024
Group B: Cape Verde vs Mozambique – Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium, Abidjan (3pm)
Group C: Senegal vs Cameroon – Yamoussoukro (6pm)
Group C: Guinea vs The Gambia – Yamoussoukro (9pm)
Saturday 20 January 2024
Group D: Algeria vs Burkina Faso – Bouake (3pm)
Group D: Mauritania vs Angola – Bouake (6pm)
Group E: Tunisia vs Mali – Korhogo (9pm)
Sunday 21 January 2024
Group F: Morocco vs DR Congo – San Pedro (3pm)
Group F: Zambia vs Tanzania – San Pedro (6pm)
Group E: South Africa vs Namibia – Korhogo (9pm)
Monday 22 January 2024
Group A: Equatorial Guinea vs Ivory Coast – Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan (6pm)
Group A: Guinea-Bissau vs Nigeria – Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium, Abidjan (6pm)
Group B: Cape Verde vs Egypt – Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium, Abidjan (9pm)
Group B: Mozambique vs Ghana – Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan (9pm)
Tuesday 23 January 2024
Group C: The Gambia vs Cameroon – Bouake (6pm)
Group C: Guinea vs Senegal – Yamoussoukro (6pm)
Group D: Angola vs Burkina Faso – Yamoussoukro (9pm)
Group D: Mauritania vs Algeria – Bouake (9pm)
Wednesday 24 January 2024
Group E: Namibia vs Mali – San Pedro (6pm)
Group E: South Africa vs Tunisia – Korhogo (6pm)
Group F: Tanzania vs DR Congo – Korhogo (9pm)
Group F: Zambia vs Morocco – San Pedro (9pm)
Knockout Stages will be decided after the group stages.
