Al Ahly and Esperance de Tunis secured victories in CAF inter-club second preliminary round first-leg matches played on Friday and Saturday.
Having been given a bye in the Champions League first preliminary round, record 12-time African champions Al Ahly of Egypt claimed a hard-fought 1-0 win over Aigle Noir in Burundi on Saturday.
Four-time winners Esperance of Tunisia were also forced to dig deep for a 1-0 victory over Rahimo in Burkina Faso, where Florian Danho scored the only goal of the match.