A CAF inspection team is expected to arrive in Ghana in June to assess the country's preparations to host the 2018 Africa Women's Championship in November.

The inspection mission in the West African nation will last for five days.

The Local Organising Committee is confident Ghana will be ready ahead of the showdown later this year.

“Everything is going on smoothly, we have prepared very well for the competition, there have been an inspection from CAF and they are expected to come for the second inspection, we will officially launch the competition on March 23 2018," Chairperson for the LOC, Freda Prempeh told TV3

“The Accra Sports Stadium and the Cape Coast Sports Stadium will host the matches; we are also working on the Legon Sports Stadium, and the Achimota Park which will be the training pitches for the teams that will be based in Accra.

“The Ndoum Sports Stadium and the Robert Mensah Sports Stadium will also serve as training grounds for the teams in Cape Coast.

“So I can say preparation is going on very well and we can’t wait to get the competition started, she added.

The 13th edition of the the biennial international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the women's national teams of Africa, will be held in Ghana, from 17 November to 1 December 2018.