This will include, training programmes for federations, introductions and knowledge exchange with professional clubs in Europe, and performance-related incentives tied to results achieved by selected national teams.

The agreement covers domestic travel for players and management of both squads between Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, tying LIFT's route network directly to the teams' playing and training schedules.

Expansion drive backed by existing Presenting Partner Bank of America; race adds children's and secondary-school entries alongside record turnout ahead of its 22 November edition. The 2026 edition, runs under the theme "My Run, My Color”.

The naming-rights agreement, unveiled at a ceremony at the Giza Pyramids attended by the members of the club's board and president Mahmoud El Khatib. This will see the venue open as Vodafone Stadium in 2029 under a 20-year term.

Johannesburg's 1995 World Cup final venue names a new commercial partner after Emirates' exit, in a deal spanning rugby, football and precinct regeneration.

The partnership centres on the inaugural NBA REC University Tournament, a two-day competition running 7–8 August at the University of Lagos.

Durban rugby franchise and the American sportswear brand as the club pushes to reposition itself as a sports-and-lifestyle business rather than a match-day operation alone.

Women's football sponsorship across Africa has leaned heavily on FMCG and beverage names chasing a young, growing audience. A mining major crossing into the space indicates that women's football is increasingly viewed as a viable platform.

The partnership lands as Volkswagen marks 75 years in South Africa, where the "People's Car" has built one of the country's most established manufacturing and consumer footprints.

The Rwanda Development Board secures the most prominent placement in club football, putting its tourism brand on the chest of Villa's men's, women's and academy shirts.

Africa's largest e-mobility firm turns to the country's most-supported club to convert brand awareness into adoption

For every goal Banyana Banyana score, Stayfree will donate 1,000 packs of sanitary pads to nominated schools, football academies and community organisations supporting women and girls.

The partnership ties one of the world's most recognisable sports optics brands to a rugby programme with global reach, while extending Oakley's footprint in South African sport.

The National Sports Commission (NSC) framed the tie-up as a milestone in its drive to reposition Nigerian sport and put globally recognised brands back on the country's athletes.

The partnership extension with the Fidelity Services Group for another two years, continues a commercial relationship that dates back to 2022.

Five projects, five markets, one continent-wide commitment to youth and community development - a deliberate footprint rather than a single activation.

It's a clean fit on paper: a digital-first bank chasing a young, mobile, football-watching audience, paired with a club that has built its brand around modern, intentional community-building.

A deal that hands the Chinese tech brand a direct line into one of the continent's most-watched sports broadcasting operations -

The investment reads less like traditional sports sponsorship and more like a community-banking play. The trend is telling: financial-services and tech brands are increasingly treating Thunder as a marketing channel to young and urban audiences.

The South African sports-drinks company co-founded by former UFC Middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis. KNOX takes over from Sela, the brand owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF)