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Podcast: Africa Business of Sport Podcast
Episode: E17: Media Rights and Broadcasting of the World Cup – Dr Gerard Akindes
Description: To complement the onset of the 2022 Qatar FIFA World Cup, the Africa Business of Sport will have a special coverage of the sports business aspects related to the global showcase. In the following weeks, the podcast brings you conversations with leading professionals in the sport business who have unique perspectives of the World Cup as a business.Â
In this episode, Edem and Jabu have an intriguing interview with Adjunct Faculty at Northwestern University in Qatar, Dr Gerard Akindes. In an in-depth discussion about broadcasting, media rights and the FIFA World Cup, Dr Akindes discusses the history of t...