Sub-Saharan Africa

South Africa Rugby is hoping that its proposed commercial agreement with US-based private equity firm Ackerley Sports Group (ASG) will enable the governing body to double its sponsorship revenue by the 2027 World Cup.

South Africa Rugby is to establish a commercial vehicle to manage its media and sponsorship rights after striking an agreement with Ackerley Sports Group (ASG), a new unit of the US investment firm

South Africa T20 (SA20) team Paarl Royals has filled its headline sponsorship position for the 2024 season with the signing of online gambling platform Six6s

Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Cricket Australia (CA) have both announced Indian brands as team sponsors for the men's Cricket World Cup, taking place in India next month

Investec’s decision to take the title sponsorship rights to European Professional Club Rugby's Champions Cup has helped the competition to emerge from a challenging period commercially.

African betting operator Betpawa will pay cash tokens to all players on winning teams in Ugandan second-tier league matches as part of a controversial new sponsorship deal with the Ugandan football association…

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced a new agreement with Lotto Sport to becomes its kit manufacturer.

Banking and wealth management services brand Investec has taken over the title rights to the European Rugby Champions Cup in a five-year deal, ending Heineken’s long-standing naming association with t…

Online gambling company Dafabet has acquired naming rights to St George’s Park Stadium, one of South Africa’s international cricket grounds.

Floki has agreed a sponsorship deal for the forthcoming 2023 World Table Tennis Championships Finals, marking the first time a cryptocurrency platform has partnered with an international table tennis event

LaLiga Premium, the online portal of the top two Spanish football leagues, is being made available to mobile phone users in sub-Saharan Africa following a tie-up with mobile marketing company Upstream

South Africa’s newly appointed minister of tourism, Patricia de Lille, has described the proposed sponsorship deal between SA Tourism and English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur as “unlawful and…

SA Rugby, governing body of South African rugby union, has agreed a new sponsorship deal with Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer Oppo

Online betting platform 1xBet has agreed a sponsorship deal with US mixed martial arts promotion the Professional Fighters League (PFL)

Insurance and investments company Vitality has strengthened its presence within netball by agreeing a deal to sponsor this year’s World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa.

A South African parliamentary committee has sought to scrap a proposal by the country’s ministry of tourism to sponsor Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.

Cricket’s newest franchise leagues both meet internal expectations with inaugural title sponsor deals DP World keen to support UAE’s ambitions and leverage storytelling opportunity of ILT20 I

Technology company FanCraze has signed on as the official digital collectibles partner of SA20, the new South African T20 cricket league which launches today (Tuesday)