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Podcast: Africa Business of Sport Podcast
Episode: E113: #BusinessOfAFCON – Leveraging AFCON For Building Long-Term Sustainable Programmes & Partnerships with David Goldblatt
Description: #BusinessOfAFCON is an exclusive five-part series, produced by The Football Foundation for Africa in collaboration with Africa Business of Sport Podcast, which focuses on the various business and commercial aspects of the Africa Cup of Nations 2023. 🏆⚽
In this episode, Author and Football Historian, David Goldblatt, joins Edem, Jabu and Brian to discuss AFCON's relationship with the hydrocarbon industry through their long-standing partnership with TotalEnergies, addressing criticisms of his article on The Guardian titled "Awash with fossil fuel money, African football is sowing the seeds to its own destruction", how African football can shift away from fossil fuel companies and partner with...