Kwesi Appiah returns as Ghana coach on a two-year contract.
DR Congo's TP Mazembe will play in the Confederation Cup.
CAF is now the joint-biggest confederation in Fifa.
Ivory Coast name Belgian Marc Wilmots as coach.
Ahmad will lead CAF until 2021 at the earliest.
Holders Sundowns overcome KCCA to reach Champions League group phase.
Salomon Kalou went to Hertha Berlin from Lille in 2014.
Ahmad won 34 of the 54 votes in the election.
Hosts Zambia turned on the style to lift the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.
German Antoine Hey has been appointed as the new head coach of Rwanda.
GROUP J
Match 69
Day 17
Algeria vs Austria 3:3
Goals Algeria
R. Belghali (45')
R. Mahrez (60', 90'+3)
Goals Austria
M. Arnautović (28')
M. Sabitzer (55')
S. Kalajdžić (90'+6)
Algeria
Austria