Kenya

Kenya Airways has announced a 58m Kenyan shilling (€511,000/$667,000) sponsorship package for the country’s 2013 Masai Mara Marathon, according to the StarAfrica website.

English Premier League football club Manchester United has reached an agreement to make AFB its official credit card partner in Kenya.

Kenya Airways has agreed a two-year extension to its sponsorship of Kenya’s sevens rugby union team in a deal worth 400m Kenyan shillings ($4.6m/€3.5m), according to the Star Africa website.

Kenyan mobile phone network Safaricom has secured the title sponsorship rights to the Kenya Rugby Union’s premier rugby sevens tournament for the next three years, from 2013 to 2015.

Property development firm Migaa has teamed up with Kenya’s national rugby union team in a two-year sponsorship agreement worth Ksh15m ($174,419/€133,803).

Wananchi Group has defended its broadcast deal with Kenyan Premier League club AFC Leopards, stating it does not interfere with the league’s agreement with SuperSport.