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 4th , 2022.
Somalia Football Federation:
No official sponsors/partners are listed on the association’s official website as at November 4th , 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 4th , 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 4th , 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 4th , 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 4th , 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 4th , 2022.
Reunion Football Association :
1.Orange
2.Danone – Reunion
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