The African Football League (AFL) kicks off in Tanzania on Friday, bearing little resemblance to the original concept.
It was launched amid much hype last year and called the CAF Africa Super League with record prize money for an African club competition, including $11.5 million (10.9 million euros) to the winners.
A total of 24 clubs eight each from the north, west centre and south east regions chosen on merit would compete and get $2.5 mn each in advance to buy players and cover travel costs.