Confederation of African Football (CAF) technical instructor Ben Koufie says Africa must produce more local coaches at the top level. Koufie, who teaches CAF's equivalent of UEFA's A licence, is concerned by the number of foreign coaches in Africa.
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"This must change. Africa must own its own space if we are going to get the respect of the world," he said.
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Of the 10 nations who qualified for the World Cup play-offs only Ghana, Nigeria and Ethiopia have African coaches.
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"We can only develop top quality players if we have qualified coaches" While Sewnet Bishaw was unable to qualify Ethiopia to next year's World Cup, Ghana were guided through by Kwesi Appiah, who became the first black African coach to achieve the feat with the Black Stars.
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African champions Nigeria also booked their place in Brazil, led by Stephen Keshi, a man who has been strongly critical of the role of foreign coaches in Africa.
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In January, Keshi said: "The white guys are coming to Africa just for the money. They are not doing anything that we cannot do. I am not racist but that's just the way it is."
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Keshi coached Nigeria to the Africa Cup of Nations title in February - the first black African coach to win the trophy for 21 years and only the second man to win the title as a coach and a player.
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In order to improve the standards of coaching in Africa, the continent's governing body,CAF, will soon introduce a law which forbids any national coach without an A Licence to coach national teams on the continent.
I agree with this one because it is the very truth. Local coaches will surely do better