Last Thursday, use of the system was approved by the International Football Association Board in Zurich.
“This topic will be tabled … in September to discuss the way forward on its implementation, whether for the 2013 Nations Cup or later on,” said CAF secretary-general Hicham El Amrani.
The next Nations Cup starts in January.
The month before the 2013 Nations Cup kicks off in South Africa, goal-line technology will be used for the first time – when the FIFA Club World Cup takes place in Japan in December.
It is possible that an African team will be the first to benefit from a decision since the continent’s club champions take part in the event every year.
The Nations Cup is not a competition that has recently been affected by close calls over whether a ball has crossed the line.
However, Nigeria could have benefited from the technology in the final of the 2000 Nations Cup, when they were beaten on penalties by neighbours Cameroon.
But the shoot-out was bathed in controversy as one of the two penalties that Nigeria missed was wrongly adjudged not to have crossed the line.
Victor Ikpeba’s strike hit the crossbar before bouncing over the line, as television replays clearly showed, but the disallowed strike enabled the Indomitable Lions to win the shoot-out 4-3.
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