The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) has this Monday October 28th, 2013 unveiled Airtel, a telecom company operating in Uganda as the new sponsors of the National ‘A’ Football team-The Uganda Cranes.
Both parties signed an agreement that will see Airtel sponsoring the Federation with UGX 3.8bn to the Uganda Cranes as Official Sponsors and UGX 400m as sponsors of the Uganda Cup and FUFA Big League, a total of UGX 4.2bn over a period of four years.
The function held at Serena Hotel gardens in Kampala was attended by Airtel Managing Director V.G Somasekhar and a FUFA delegation led by the FA President Eng. Moses Magogo.
FUFA President Eng. Moses Magogo thanked the previous Football administration and Uganda Cranes players for building such a strong brand. The FA President who also chairs the FUFA Marketing Committee promised that this was just the beginning of corporate organizations associating with many of the FUFA Commercial property.
State Minister for Sports Hon. Charles Bakabulindi presided over the function and called upon the two parties to prioritize the players as stakeholders in football development.
