The Confédération Africaine de Football (“CAF”) and Africa Global Logistics (“AGL”), has announced a new strategic partnership, establishing AGL as the Official Logistics Partner for Africa’s two flagship football competitions; the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (“AFCON”) Morocco 2025 and the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (“WAFCON”) Morocco 2026. The partnership was officially signed in Johannesburg on Wednesday, 23 April 2025 by CAF President, Dr. Patrice Motsepe and AGL President, Philippe Labonne. Building on a successful collaboration that began with the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (“AFCON”) Côte d’Ivoire 2023,AGL will once again play a key…
Author: Dismas Otuke
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) and the Confédération Africaine de Football concluded a strategic partnership agreement on Saturday in Casablanca, granting Morocco’s airline the status of “Official Global Partner” for the CAF. Through this agreement, RAM became the official partner of the Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 and the CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2024, scheduled from July 5 to 26, 2025, in addition to other major competitions. With this partnership, Royal Air Maroc strengthens its commitment to African sports by facilitating the mobility of players, teams, and fans across the continent and around the world. To meet…
With Liverpool driven by the prolific goal getting prowess of Mohamed Salah this season, the Reds will look to move one step closer to bagging the 2024/25 Premier League crown, when they take on Leicester City at the King Power Stadium on Sunday evening. The Reds moved 13 points clear at the top of the pile this past weekend after jotting down a 2-1 win against West Ham at Anfield on Sunday. Salah’s assist to Luis Diaz’ 18th minute opener saw the Egyptian move to 18 assists for the season. Along with his 27 league goals, Salah increased his tally…
Athletics Kenya has nominated and endorsed its Youth Director, Barnaba Korir, for the elective position of First Vice President in the upcoming elections of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) on April 24, 2025. AK has President Lt Gen (Rtd) Jack Tuwei who has exuded confidence in Korir, who is a dedicated executive member of Athletics Kenya and also serving as an executive member, and his ability and capacity to serve the Kenyan Olympics body effectively for the next four years. “The entire executive of Athletics Kenya is united in our decision to nominate Barnaba Korir for the post…
Thousands of delegates from the East African Community are converging at the Kololo Independence grounds in the outskirts of Kampala city in Uganda to attend the 2025 International Kiswahili Conference which started today. The 3-day conference, which will culminate on the 16th of this month, is being held in Uganda for the first time in history. Organised by the Afrika Mashariki Fest,the conference brings together stakeholders, among them Kiswahili university lecturers, book authors, journalists and leaders, to celebrate the growth and promote the use of the Kiswahili language. Uganda was handed over the hosting of this year’s edition during last…
Commonwealth 100m Champion Ferdinand Omanyala, will lead Team Kenya for the 7th World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China, between the 10th and 11th next month. Athletics Kenya named a team of 21 athletes for the championship today following the conclusion of the 1-day national trials at the Nyayo National Stadium. Omanyala will lead the 4x100m men’s team, which also consists of his younger brother Isaac Omurwa, Meshack Babu, Mark Otieno, Steven Onyango and Moses Wasike. 800m World Champion Mary Moraa has been included in the 4x400m women’s team alongside KDF’s Mercy Adongo, who won the 400m final with the fastest…
St. John’s Junior School and Olympic Junior School from Nairobi Region are this year’s M-PESA Jr. NBA National Champions after a thrilling final held at the Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa County. Kariobangi-based St. John’s Juniors beat hosts Aga Khan Academy 30 – 23 to clinch the boys’ national title. St. Johns booked their ticket to the championship round with a convincing 42-20 semifinal win over Nyanza’s Siaya Central Juniors. While Aga Khan Academy saw off St. Joseph RC from Western 66- 53. “First, I want to thank M-PESA and Jr. NBA for giving us such a wonderful platform to…
54 athletes have been invited by Athletics Kenya for the trials for World Athletics Relays this Saturday, 12th April, 2025, at the Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi. However, AK has announced that participation in the trials will be by invitation only, and the athletes must meet the set requirements among them: Must have been cleared by the Antidoping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) and the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) All athletes will be required to collect their bib/running numbers on Friday, 11th April 2025, at the Nyayo National Stadium starting from 9:00am to 6:00pm. Invited athletes for national trials are encouraged to carry…
Kenya Sevens, Shujaa secured their place in the semi-finals of the HSBC Singapore Sevens Cup by winning Pool B with victories of 17-7 and 10-7 over Ireland and France, respectively. Shujaa opened their campaign,beating Ireland 17-7 in the first match taking a 7-0 lead in the first two minutes thanks to an early try and conversion from Nygel Amaitsa. Kevin Wekesa then scored in the sixth minute to make the score 12-0 at the break. Patrick Odongo would go over the try line in the 12th minute to take the score to 17-0, before Ireland’s Josh Costello went over to…
Kenya will host the second edition of the Africa Youth Scrabble Championship from August 14th to 17th at the Brighton International School in Nairobi. In an interview with KBC during the two-day Scrabble Masters tournament in Nairobi on Sunday, Pan African Scrabble Association (PANASA) President Adekoyejo Adegbesan stated that over 120 players from 13 countries have confirmed their participation, with four more nations expected to do so. “It’s a second edition It’s being held here in Nairobi, Kenya, at the Brighton International School in Katani, and we’re preparing already we already have a local organising committee that is working on,…
Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry was elected the first African and female president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the 144th session, which ended today in Greece. The 41-year-old, who is the current sports minister in Zimbabwe, won in the first round of the election, which lasted for less than 10 minutes, polling 49 votes from the total valid of 97 votes to be elected the 10th IOC president, taking over from Thomas Bach, who has served for a period of 12 years. Juan Antonio Samaranch finished in second place with 28 votes, while Lord Coe, the president of World Athletics,…
The Kenya Pipeline Volleyball team, which is set to take part in the third edition of the African Volleyball Confederation CAVB Zone V Club Championships in Kampala, Uganda, was flagged off at KPC headquarters early today. The team comprises two setters, two opposites, four middle blockers, four left attackers, and two liberos. Defending champions KPC will be the sole Kenyan representative in the regional tournament set to be held at the Lugogo Indoor Stadium and Old Kampala Sports Arena from 26th February to 4th March 2025. Over 20 teams will battle it out for the coveted title, among them Armée…
The Kenya Pipeline Volleyball team, which is set to take part in the third edition of the African Volleyball Confederation CAVB Zone V Club Championships in Kampala, Uganda, was flagged off at KPC headquarters early today. The team comprises two setters, two opposites, four middle blockers, four left attackers, and two liberos. Defending champions KPC will be the sole Kenyan representative in the regional tournament set to be held at the Lugogo Indoor Stadium and Old Kampala Sports Arena from 26th February to 4th March 2025. Over 20 teams will battle it out for the coveted title, among them Armée…
The fourth industrial revolution is marked by technological advancement across the globe. Africa has not been left behind either but the Blockchain space remains under utilized. Kenya being the technological hub for Africa has attracted investors from the Blockchain industry, the latest entrant into the African market is the Bitget Blockchain platform that has been operational for the last six years globally , with over 45 million users, showcasing range of products set to ensure that users are aware of the block chain platform. Bitget is basically a cryptocurrency exchange which allows a trader to trade with different currencies, starting…