SLFA President Meets Africell CEO to Explore Sponsorship Opportunities

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SLFA President Meets Africell CEO to Explore Sponsorship Opportunities

The President of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), ๐๐š๐›๐š๐๐ข ๐Š๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐š, has today met with the Chief Executive Officer of Africell Mobile Company,๐’๐ก๐š๐๐ข ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐ฃ๐š๐ฐ๐ข, at the SLFA Secretariat in Kingtom, Freetown, to discuss potential sponsorship opportunities.

The engagement focused on partnership prospects for the 2025/26 Sierra Leone Football Association (FA Cup) Tournament and the ongoing renovation of the SLFA Secretariat.

Also in attendance were ๐’๐‹๐…๐€ ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ˆ, ๐€๐ฅ๐ข๐ž ๐๐š๐๐š๐ซ๐š ๐“๐š๐ซ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž; ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ˆ, ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐’๐š๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ž; ๐„๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ, ๐Š๐ฐ๐ž๐ค๐ฎ ๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ค, ๐„๐ฌ๐ช.; ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐จ๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐š๐ฐ๐จ๐ก; ๐€๐ฆ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐๐จ๐ซ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ฏ๐จ, ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐’๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐š ๐‹๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž; ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ, ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐Š๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ก.

During the meeting, President Kamara underscored the immense potential of football in Sierra Leone, noting that the FA Cup serves as a vital platform for over 250 clubs across the country to compete and showcase their talents. He expressed optimism about the prospects of collaboration, stating that โ€œ๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐’๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐š ๐‹๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ž ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ญ ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ.โ€

Following the discussions, the delegation toured the SLFA facility to observe the ongoing renovation works and explore how ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ could support and enhance the facelift project.

In response, CEO Shadi Gerjawi commended the proposal and reaffirmed Africellโ€™s longstanding commitment to supporting sports in Sierra Leone.โ€œ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ,โ€ he said. โ€œ๐–๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐€ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐‹๐…๐€ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ญ.โ€

This strategic meeting highlights the growing interest of corporate institutions in partnering with the SLFA to promote football development and national sporting excellence.