Later this month the biennial competition between Africa’s best nations takes place in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea and will star some of the biggest names at the moment in the UK, Spain, Germany and the rest of Europe. Betting on this competition grows every year as this is likely to be the biggest tournament in the continent’s history. The timing might not be the best, in the middle of the domestic campaigns in every major league in Europe, but this spectacle will be helped in profile after the successful hosting of the World Cup in South Africa two years ago.