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SPORTS BUSINESS REVIEW: Ikorodu City breaks new ground with triple front of shirt sponsorship in NPFL

In a landmark moment for Nigerian club football, Ikorodu City Football Club has rewritten the commercial playbook by becoming the first Nigeria Premier Football League team to feature three front-of-shirt sponsors. Ikorodu City now takes to the pitch with global beverage brand, Guinness, as the latest brand, betting and entertainment …

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SPORTS BUSINESS REVIEW: E1 Lagos GP: Lagos boosts destination branding and tourism economy as all-electric powerboat championship debuts in Africa

Global attention will turn to Lagos as the city becomes the first in Africa to host the all-electric powerboat championship, tagged E1 Lagos GP, from Saturday, October 4 through Sunday, October 5, in what will bring some of the biggest names to Nigeria. LeBron James, Will Smith, Didier Drogba, Tom …

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FirstBank to boost financial inclusion and diversity with tailored services for Blind and Physically Challenged Customers

    FirstBank, the premier West African bank and a leading financial inclusion service provider, is set to introduce tailored financial services for blind, partially sighted, and physically challenged customers across its operations. This initiative is part of FirstBank’s broader continuous commitment to promoting Financial Inclusion and Diversity, which is …

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FirstBank partners Lagos for E1 Lagos GP

      As part of its commitments to promoting sports and developmental initiatives at all levels, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, is partnering organizers of the first of its kind E1 Lagos GP an all-electric powerboat racing championship, set to hold from October 3rd through 5th 2025. Acting Group Head, …

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Jay-Jay Okocha tasks Africans to invest in Africa as SportsBiz Africa ends in Kigali

From left to right: President, Côte d’Ivoire Athletics Federation, Serge Doh,  former Nigerian footballer, Jay-Jay Okocha, former Senegalese basketball player Assane Thiam, French judoka, Clarisse Agbégnénou, and Cameroonian-French professional boxer, Carlos Takam. Former Nigeria and Bolton Wanderers’ captain, Austin Jay-Jay Okocha, has reiterated the need for Africans to invest in …

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