Sub-Saharan Africa

Spanish Liga football club Barcelona has extended its partnerships with South African firm Castle Brewery and Catalonia-based cava producer Freixenet.

German sportswear giant Puma has extended its partnership with the Ivory Coast Football Federation national governing body.

English Premier League football club Manchester United has entered into a multi-year sponsorship deal with Nigerian food and beverage company Chi Limited.

South African Premier Soccer League team Ajax Cape Town has reached a two-year agreement to make Chinese telecommunications company Huawei its official shirt sponsor.

South African investment holding group Bidvest has agreed a five-year extension to its naming rights deal for the Wanderers Stadium, one of world cricket’s leading venues.

The Malawi Football Association (FAM) has agreed a three-year deal with Umbro to make UK-based sportswear provider its technical sponsor.

Business solutions group Nashua Limited has signed up as the principal sponsor of South African cricket team Cape Cobras for the 2014-15 season.

Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTCL) has signed a three-year extension to its title sponsorship deal with the Botswana Premier League football competition.

Mauritius-based commercial banking group AfrAsia Bank has secured title sponsorship rights to the country’s new golf tournament, the first tri-sanctioned event endorsed by the Sunshine, European and A…

South African beer brand Hansa Pilsener has sealed sponsorship deals with English Premier League football teams Manchester City and Arsenal.

Sunflower oil brand Sunfoil has renewed its title sponsorship of South African cricket team the Dolphins for a further two years.

South African football team University of Pretoria has announced a three-year partnership with insurance firm Workerslife ahead of the 2014-15 Premier Soccer League season.

Philanthropic organisation the International Sports Promotion Society has announced a shirt sponsorship deal with South African Premier Soccer League (PSL) team Mpumalanga Black Aces.

National flag carrier South African Airways has agreed to sponsor the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee through to the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

The Womens’ Professional Golfers’ Association of South Africa (WPGA) has secured telecommunications provider Cell C as the title sponsor of the South African Women’s Open.

Telecom Namibia has partnered with the Confederation of African Football to become the headline sponsor of the 2014 African Women’s Championship, in a deal worth N$6m (€422,500/$580,000).

South African football club Bloemfontein Celtic has agreed new sponsorship deals with Italian sportswear brand Kappa and Swazi funeral services company B3 Funerals and Insurance.

Golf’s European Senior Tour has agreed an extended three-year sponsorship agreement with Mauritius Commercial Bank to keep its season finale at Mauritius’ Constance Belle Plage course until 2017.