In preparation for Egypt's hosting of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in June, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, headed by Dr. Ashraf Sobhy, will provide a package of services and preparations, including some preparations for reaching the young people around the world on one hand and covering of the event, providing sports services to know about the teams and competitions and places and how to attend the matches through Egypt gate for youth and sports, the official page of the ministry, on the other hand, in addition to a group  of organizational preparations to accommodate the delegations of the participating teams, as well as renewing and developing the sports facilities that will host the championship.

This comes as an affirmation of the Ministry's keenness on making the Championship a success also affirmation of the interest of the country's political leadership in this important event, which will be witnessed by nearly 2.1 billion people from all over the world via satellite broadcasting, reflecting Egypt's organizational capabilities for sports events and tournaments.

Ministry of Youth and Sports, headed by Dr. Ashraf Sobhy, Minister of Youth and Sports, launched Egypt gate for youth and sports with four languages (Arabic, English, French and Swahili) in preparation for Africa Cup of Nations 2019, as well as communicating with the Egyptian and African youth internally and externally.

Dr. Ashraf Sobhy stressed that Egypt gate for youth and sports with its four languages will be a bridge of communication between the youth of Egypt and Africa before starting Africa cup of Nations, referring the Ministry's keenness to provide a new service to the fans of the Championship by communicating with African countries in their languages, Based on the status and role of Egypt in the African continent.

Gamal Nour Elden, Editor-in-chief of Egypt gate for youth and sports, stressed that the gate, with its four languages, provides a comprehensive coverage of the Championship hosted by Egypt.

On the other hand, Dr. Ashraf Sobhy, Minister of Youth and Sports, has made several inspection tours to follow up the progress of the work and the completion of the stadium system, also ensure that they are completed on time according to the instruction of the political leadership, As well as the unified electronic system of all the facilities which hosting the Championship, and work on providing comfort for the masses, whether to enter or exit and spend enjoyable times by providing everything they need throughout their presence in the stands.

Minister of Youth and Sports pointed out that the development works include the development of the entrances and exits of the Cairo International Stadium and its main external facades, as well as the ground and the first floor, in addition to the main cabin and (VIP),  stands, players dressing rooms, video governors' rooms, , media center and public toilets.

The works also include replacing and renovating the football field, and the track around it, as well as supplying and maintenance of displays inside the stadium.

At Cairo Stadium, the work is carrying out quickly, and the preparation includes changing and developing the overall shape of the stadium, in terms of developing the main entrance of the stadium, the floor of the main entrance of the cabin and changing the asphalt to printed concrete floors.

On the other hand Minister of Youth and Sports Dr. Ashraf Sobhy met with Dr. Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, and Major General Khaled Abdel Aal, Governor of Cairo, to follow up the progress of the work and the final preparations for all the stadiums that will host the Championship next June. In terms of technical preparations, Telecom Egypt will connect all stadiums participating in the Championship with a network of fiber optics providing excellent coverage of high quality communications and internet services in the stadiums, as well as providing the necessary infrastructure for television broadcasting.

Also Sobhy coordinated with The Minister of Civil Aviation, lieutenant general Younis Al-Masry, to discuss the contributions of the Ministry of Civil Aviation in the Championship and take all the procedures followed in receiving the participants, senior visitors and accompanying delegations.

An arrival hall was set up within the Egyptian airports for the African teams participating in the championship, and establishing special units at airports to facilitate the completion of travel and access procedures, after the meeting of the Organizing Committee of the championship and the agreement to provide all facilities.