RESEARCH REPORT : GFA is currently the most attractive football association in Africa !

Football Associations Sponsorship : A thorough research conducted by GhanaSportsMarket.com has revealed the Ghana Football Association (GFA) as the most dominant football association in Africa in terms of attracting sponsorships and partnerships. 

The Kurt Okraku-led GFA is currently the African football association with the most number of sponsorships/partnerships following the fresh deals with Ghana Oil Company Limited (worth 100 000 USD for a period of two years ) and Telecommunications giants MTN ( worth 2 million USD for two years).

GhanaSportsMarket.com relied on official information published on the official website and verified social media accounts of each of the 54 member associations of CAF. Whereby facts and information have been difficult to access via the websites of the associations , reliable external sources were used to conclude this report.

After attracting twenty (20) different top brands as of November 2022 , the GFA emerge the most attractive football governing body on the continent at the moment.

The Ghana Football Association has secured these deals for the Ghana Premier League , the National Division One League , the Women’s Premier League , the FA Cup , referees  and also for the Black Stars of Ghana who will be playing at the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals in Qatar.

See below partners and sponsors of all 54 CAF Member Associations as of November 2022 below : 

Full list of partners and sponsors of the Ghana Football Association :

1.betPawa – Official Headline Sponsor of the Ghana Premier League

2.MTN – Official Headline Sponsor of the FA Cup and Sponsor of the Black Stars of Ghana

3.Access Bank – Official Headline Sponsor of the Division One League

4.StarTimes – Official TV Rights Holders of the Ghana Premier League and FA Cup

5.Malta Guinness – Official Headline Sponsor of the Women’s Premier League

6.Mara – Official Partner of the Black Stars of Ghana

7.Woodin – Official Textile Partner

8.betway – Official Women’s Premier League Partner

9.VisitGhana – Official Tourism Partner

10.NASCO – Official Man of the match sponsor of the Ghana Premier League

11.PUMA – Official Kits Manufacturer

12.Inter City STC

13.Decathlon Ghana Limited – Sports retail partner of the GFA

14.ZAZ – Official referee Kit partner

15.Baker Tilly – Auditors of the GFA

16.Flora Tissues

17.Zeepay

18.KGL Group

19.Macron

20.Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL).

Ivory Coast Football Federation (FIF) : 

1.Puma

2.GESTOCI

3.CANAL +

4.RTI (Radiodiffusion Television Ivoirienne) – Ivorian Television Broadcasting

5.Abidjan.Net

6.BNI (la Banque Nationale d’Investissement )

7.LFP (Ligue Professionnelle de Football) – Ivory Coast Professional Football League

Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) :

1.Orange – Major Sponsor of the FECAFOOT

2.Source Tangui – Official natural mineral water of the Indomitable Lions

3.MTN – Sponsors of the Elite One and Two Leagues of FECAFOOT

4. 33 Export Cameroun – Food and Beverage Company

5.TOP

6.Xtra

Senegal Football Federation : 

1.Air Senegal

2.Coris Bank

3.1xBet

4.AIBO

5.Sab Lux

6.Groupe Kirene

7.PUMA

8.Orange

9.Lonase

10.Port Autonome de Dakar

11.SONAM

12.Sunhome Senegal

Burkina Faso Football Federation : 

1.Orange

2.ONATEL

3.Banque Atlantique

4.Generale des Assurances

5.LONAB

Mali Football Federation (FEMAFOOT): 

1.Orange

2.PMU Mali

3.PUMA

4.Airness

5.Renouveau TV

Togo Football Federation : 

1.Togocel – Togotelecom

Guinea Football Federation : 

1.Groupe Guicopres

Nigeria Football Federation : The official NFF website does not mention sponsors/partnerts of the federation. However , the NFF have numerous sponsors that are well documented by other sources and below are the ones we know so far.

1.Nigerian Breweries Plc

2.MTN

3.Bitnob Technologies Inc

4.Bet9ja

5.Coca-Cola

South Africa Football Association:

1.SASOL South Africa

2.Multichoice Group

Egypt Football Association:

1.PUMA

2.Eksab

3.Saib

4.Tiger

5.Egypt Air

6.WE – Telecommunications firm

Algeria Football Federation (FAF):

1.MOBILIS

2.Coca-Cola

3.Adidas

4.Condor

5.ASPETAR

6.Al Rayane Healthcare

7.Ligue de Football Professionnel

Libya Football Federation:

1.Libyana Mobile Phone

Morocco Football Federation (FRMF) :

1.La Société nationale de radiodiffusion et de télévision (SNRT)

2.Sidi Ali

3.PUMA

4.MAROC

5.OCP

6.INWI

7.HYUNDAI

8.Head and Shoulders

9.Gillette

10.Coca-Cola

11.CDG

12.Afriquia

13.Bank Al Maghrib

Tunisia Football Federation (FTF) :

1.Kappa – Official Kits manufacturer

2.Carrefour

3.TUNISAIR

4.BNA

5.MATRIX

6.Kartago

7.Sabrine

8.Sherrington

Benin Football Federation (FEBEFOOT):

No official sponsors/partners are listed on the association’s official website as of November 4th , 2022.

Cape Verde Football Federation:

1.CVTelecom

2.CVMovel

3.Garantia

Gambia Football Association :

No official sponsors/partners are listed on the association’s official website as of November 4th , 2022.

Guinea-Bissau Football Federation :

1.GuiSport – Official Kit Supplier

2.European Union

Liberia Football Association:

1.Green Petroleum Liberia Limited

2.Tempo Sport – Official match ball sponsor

3.Doxxbet

Mauritania Football Federation (FFRIM):

No official sponsors/partners are listed on the association’s official website as of November 4th , 2022.

Niger Football Federation (FENIFOOT):

1.MACRON – Official kits supplier

Sierra Leone Football Association:

1.Africell SL – Since October 2021. Official sponsor of the Senior National Team Leone Stars and the Sierra Leone Premier League. Worth 700 million leones (about 40 000 USD).

2.Umbro

Central Africa Republic Football Association : 

No official sponsors/partners are listed on the association’s official website as of November 4th , 2022.

Chadian Football Association:

No official sponsors/partners are listed on the association’s official website as of November 4th , 2022.

Congo Football Federation (FECOFOOT) :

No official sponsors/partners are listed on the association’s official website as of November 4th , 2022.

DR Congo Football Federation (FECOFA):

1.Oneils – Official Kits manufacturers

Equatorial Guinea Football Federation (FEGUIFOOT):

No official sponsors/partners are listed on the association’s official website as of November 4th , 2022.

Gabon Football Federation (FEGAFOOT):

No official sponsors/partners are listed on the association’s official website as of November 4th , 2022.

São Toméan Football Federation:

1.Xtreme Perfection

2.D7 Agencia Digital

Sponsors and Partners of Football Federation of Burundi:

1.Lumitel

2.COOPEC

3.Primus

Djibouti Football Federation:

No official sponsors/partners are listed on the association’s official website as of November 4th , 2022.

Eritrean National Football Federation:

No official sponsors/partners are listed on the association’s official website as of November 4th , 2022.

Ethiopian Football Federation:

No official sponsors/partners are listed on the association’s official website as of November 4th , 2022.

Football Kenya Federation :

1.Betika

2.Betway

2.Star Times

3.Safaricom

4.Wadi Degla

Rwanda Football Association:

No official sponsors/partners are listed on the association’s official website as at November 4^th , 2022.

Somalia Football Federation:

No official sponsors/partners are listed on the association’s official website as at November 4^th , 2022.

South Sudan Football Association (SSFA) :

1.Tristar

2.MACRON

Sudan Football Association (SFA):

No official sponsors/partners are listed on the association’s official website as at November 4^th , 2022.

Tanzania Football Federation:

1.TBC

2.NBC

3.SERENGETI

4.Azam TV

Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA):

1.NIC Holdings Limited

2.NILE Special

3.Bidco Uganda Limited

4.Ecobank

5.102.1 FUFA FM

6.Star Times

7.Pilsner

8.Airtel – Official sponsor of Cranes of Uganda

9.Stanbic Bank Uganda

10.Nivana Water

Zanzibar Football Federation:

No official sponsors are listed on the association’s official website as at November 4^th , 2022.

Angola Football Federation:

1.TOTAL

2.SONANGOL

3.LACATONI

4.ENSA

5.Organizacoes Chana

6.Angol Real

7.Clinica Sagrada Esperanca

Botswana Football Association:

1.First National Bank

2.Choppies

3.DEBSWANA

4.Umbro

5.ABSA

6.O3 Beverages

Sponsors and Partners of Comoros Football Federation :

No official sponsors/partners are listed on the association’s official website as at November 4^th , 2022.

Eswatini Football Association :

1.MTN

2.MVA Fund

3.Build It

4.Pick n Pay Eswatini

Lesotho Football Association:

1.Free Slots UK

2.Gaming Cypher

3.England Football Association – Meridian Project

Malagasy Football Federation:

No official sponsors/partners are listed on the association’s official website as at November 4^th , 2022.

Football Association of Malawi:

1.Airtel

2.First Capital Bank

3.NBS Bank

4.MASM

5.FDH

6.TNM

7.Standard Bank

8.Rab Processors

Mauritius Football Association :

1.Benfica

2.La Liga

Mozambican Football Federation :

1.Vodacom

2.Lacatoni

3.Cotur

4.Cahora Bassa

5.BCI

6.FPD

7.Galp

8.TVM

9.Business Digital Agency

10.AMT

11.Portal do Governo de Moçambique

Namibia Football Association:

1.Debmarine Namibia – Headline sponsor of Namibia Premiership.

Seychelles Football Federation:

1.SOCGA

2.LUFFOI

3.Grankaz

4.Airtel

5.Sey Pearl

6.Cable and Wireless

Zambia Football Association (FAZ):

1.MTN – Headline sponsor of the Zambia Elite league

2.TopStar

3.ZNBC

4.CBL

5.SuperSport

Zimbabwe Football Association:

Official website is not accessible as of November 4^th , 2022.

Reunion Football Association :

1.Orange

2.Danone – Reunion