Confederation of African Volleyball (CAVB) presidential aspirant Bouchra Hajij says her appointment to the International Olympic Committee's Culture and Olympic Heritage Commission is a plus for the sport.

Bouchra, who is also the president of the Royal Moroccan Volleyball Federation and FIVB Executive Vice President, is looking to unseat long-serving Egyptian Amr El Wany in the CAVB polls slated for September this year.

Speaking to Nation Sport on phone from Morocco on Thursday, Bouchra welcomed the appointment and promised to use the knowledge gathered to improve the standards of volleyball in Africa which have stagnated for the past two decades.

Kenya will be Africa's sole representative at the Tokyo Olympics which were moved to July next year and Bouchra is keen on pushing volleyball up the global ranking of elite Olympics disciplines.

Besides Bouchra, Morocco's athletics legend Hicham El Guerrouj was also appointed member of IOC's Athletes' Entourage Commission last Thursday.