The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final will be one of 10 matches in the tournament shown live on the BBC.
Saturday’s tournament opener between hosts Ivory Coast and Guinea-Bissau will also be shown, along with two quarter-finals and both semi-finals.
The BBC will also show highlights across the 24-team tournament, which ends on 11 February.
Nine of the matches will be live on BBC Three and one on BBC Two, with all of them also on BBC iPlayer & online.
The group-stage match between four-time champions Ghana and record seven-time winners Egypt will also be broadcast live on BBC Three and iPlayer on Thursday, January 18, along with two matches from the last 16.
All 52 games will be shown live on Sky Sports.
Twelve years on from the end of a civil war that split the country in two, Ivory Coast will welcome Africa’s best footballers for the first time since 1984.
Many bookmakers have Senegal down as favourites to retain the title they won for the first time in Cameroon last time out, while Mohamed Salah’s Egypt will be looking to make up for losing the last final.
Jermaine Jenas is leading presenting duties for both semi-finals and the final, and accompanying the former Tottenham and Newcastle midfielder will be a line-up of African former players and expert pundits.
BBC Sport online will keep fans up to date with all of the action with digital highlights, live scores, reports, and major news stories on the BBC Sport website and app, as well as across the official social media platforms.
