For all Cape Verde’s heroics, Africa’s World Cup could and perhaps should have been better | World Cup 2026

For Africa, this World Cup feels like one of those classic memes from the early days of social media. Is it a gold and white dress or a black and blue dress? Is it a duck or a rabbit? Has this been a good World Cup for Africa or one that underlines the problems of football on the continent? It probably depends where you’re standing.

For years, the Confederation of African Football (Caf) had…