Category: Sports

Getting Ghana to 2026 World Cup…Ibrahim Mahama Pays first $2 million of a $5 million Pledge

Adekunle Agbetiloye,Business Insider Africa,First Published,02 May 2026 08:40 AM Multi-millionaire Ibrahim Mahama has paid the first $2 million of a $5 million pledge through his company, Engineers and Planners, to support Ghana’s push for the 2026 World Cup. Ibrahim Mahama, through Engineers and Planners, has paid the first $2 million of his $5 million pledge to support Ghana’s 2026 World Cup campaign. The payment was formally handed over to Deputy Finance Minister Thomas Nyarko Ampem on April 30, 2026, although the money had already been transferred. The fundraising drive aims…

Advancing the Global Growth of Flag Football…NFL-IFAF Join Hands in Ghana

The National Football League (NFL) (https://NFL.com/International), in collaboration with the International Federation of American Football (IFAF), hosted a four-day series of flag football development clinics in Ghana, bringing together local educators, international coaches and global federation representatives as part of ongoing efforts to grow the game worldwide and expand access to flag football across Africa, according to an official statement issued in Accra,Monday. The programming included a Ghana-based teachers clinic focused on equipping local educators with the tools and resources to introduce and scale flag football in schools, followed by…