The Ghana Football Association has announced betPawa, one of Ghana’s leading online sports betting companies, as the official headline sponsor of the Ghana Premier League on Wednesday.
The announcement was made at a special signing ceremony held at the Headquarters of the Ghana Football Association in Accra.
Per the Ghana Football Association, the partnership will aim to properly market and position the Ghana premier league to become one of the most successful and attractive leagues in Africa.
Signing on behalf of betPawa, international superstar and betPawa stakeholder Mr Eazi opined that “the company’s high appetite for growing and harnessing talents, creating opportunities and rewarding fans across its markets are a few of the many reasons for partnering with the GFA”.
On the part of GFA, the President Mr. Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku said “On behalf of the Executive Council and the football fraternity in Ghana I wish to thank you for your support”.
He added that “Ghana is blessed with a lot of football talents and evidence is seen through the display of soccer artistry across the various leagues. For the country to be able to compete fiercely and on equal footing with other talents across the globe, there is the need for companies like betPawa and corporate Ghana to contribute to complement to the effort of the Government.”
betPowa says it will activate a series of attractive and interactive activities as a way of engaging and rewarding football fans across the country in the course of the partnership.
The 2022/23 betPawa Premier League is scheduled to be launched on 2nd September 2022 with the league kicking off on the weekend of 9th to the 12th September 2022.