Africa Business of Sport Podcast

In this episode, Edem and Jabu are joined by President of Petrichor Football Association, Paul Dreisbach, to discuss Petrichor's philosophy for grassroots football development in Cameroon, Petrichor's La Ligue D’Égalité girls football league in partnership with La Liga, the unprecedented rise of women's football and the importance of collaboration between stakeholders in developing the African football ecosystem.

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🥇 Africa Business of Sport Podcast - Africa's #1 sport business podcast.

In this episode, Senior Manager: Business Development & Strategy at Rainbow Sports Global, Reda Laraichi, joins Jabu to discuss sport business management academia, the development of the African Football Data Centre platform, Rainbow’s multi-club expansion plans in undervalued markets like Sudan, and his advice to international sports organisations and investors considering in African sport investment opportunities.

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This is an episode of #WomenSportsDev, our ongoing series hosted by one of Africa's leading sports broadcasters, Shon Osimbo, which features insightful conversations with leading female sports executives, leaders and stakeholders about the development of women's sport in Africa and globally.

In this episode, Shon is joined by Head of Women and Girl’s Football Strategy at Right to Dream, Kylee Parsons, to share Right to Dream’s strategy for developing women and girl’s football, her memories of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, her expectations ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, her views on how to support women leadership in sport and her advice to women trying to break into the sports industry.

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In this episode, Edem and Jabu are joined by Anthony Ebow Spio, a Senior Lecturer at Ashesi University who has 40+ years of experience following Wimbledon and other Tennis Grand Slams as well as an extensive background in Brand Management, Competitive Strategy and Marketing.

They preview #Wimbledon2023 by discussing favourite Wimbledon moments and memories; the power of partnerships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club; the importance of partnerships in sports for furthering development; and how the tennis landscape in Africa can improve using both existing and new synergies to enable more African youth to become professionals. 

In this episode, Consultant at Twenty First Group, Jordan Gardner, joins Edem and Jabu to discuss BlueCo's acquisition of Ligue 1 club RC Strasbourg, Right to Dream's unique multi-club academy model in Africa, what the rise of the Saudi Pro League means for the European transfer market and the details behind Lionel Messi's move to Inter Miami.

In this episode, Edem and Jabu are joined by CEO of Sport Nigeria, Nkechi Obi, for a deep dive into Nigeria's National Sports Industry Policy including the significance of the policy, the extensive stakeholder engagement process which preceded the policy being approved, Sports Minister Sunday Dare's pivotal role in championing the policy and how other African countries can iterate this policy in their own domestic sport industries.

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In this episode, Edem and Jabu sit down with Founder of Africa Sports Unified, Gabriel Ajala, to discuss experience and view on the value of a Master's degree in sport business, the importance of collaboration between sports organisations and stakeholders from Africa, education as a fundamental component to professionalise the African sport industry and how African sport should approach attracting commercial sponsorship.

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Welcome to Africa Business of Sport Podcast, Global Sports - the first-ever official partner of the podcast! In this bonus episode, Edem and Jabu announce Global Sports as an Official Partner of Africa Business of Sport Podcast with Global Sports' International Sales & Accounts Manager, Pierre-Antoine Guillet.

They touch on how this game-changing partnership between Global Sports and Africa Business of Sport Podcast came about, what the partnership will entail and what it means for individuals from Africa looking to pursue a career opportunities in sport.

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This is an episode of #WomenSportsDev, our ongoing series hosted by one of Africa's leading sports broadcasters, Shon Osimbo, which features insightful conversations with leading female sports executives, leaders and stakeholders about the development of women's sport in Africa and globally.

In this episode, Mariam Ibrahim – Advisor, Sport For Development in Africa at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) – joins Shon to talk about her new role at GIZ, the nature of Sport For Development in Africa, S4D projects that GIZ has invested in within Africa and women leadership development in Africa.

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In this episode, Co-founder, Timon van Bruggen, and Head of Player Agents, Johannes Henkel, of FACTS Consultancy join Edem to unpack their use of machine learning models to uniquely determine the most suitable clubs for footballers, how their consultancy supports football agents to leverage their expertise to make better data-driven decisions and the potential opportunity and drawbacks presented by the data challenge that African football faces.

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🥇 Africa Business of Sport Podcast - Africa's #1 sport business podcast.