Airtel Uganda has been unveiled as the official sponsor of the National Football Team, The Uganda Cranes, ending MTN Uganda's reign at the helm of sponsoring the National team for the last four years.
The deal unveiled on Monday at Serena Hotel, Kampala will see Airtel sponsor the FUFA Big League and the Uganda Cup for the next four years.
Close sources say the deal betwwen the soccer governing body and the Telecom giant is over shs.1 billion.
It will the first time the Fufa big league which started three seasons ago will have sponsorship while the Uganda Cup gets relief after having no sponsors last season following Uganda Breweries’ refusal to renew their sponsorship deal of the competition after expiry last year.
In attendance at the unveiling were Sports Minister Charles Bakkabulindi, FUFA President Moses Magogo, Airtel Managing Director V.G Somasekhar, Chairman Hannington Karuhanga, FUFA CEO Edgar Watson and a cross section of Uganda Cranes players.