BFA loses out on P120m academy

Big loss: BFA was due to benefit from a state-of-the-art academy PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Big loss: BFA was due to benefit from a state-of-the-art academy PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

The Botswana Football Association (BFA) has lost out on a multi-million, world-class football academy after investors in the project withdrew, citing the coronavirus (COVID-19) impact on their finances.

 In 2019, the BFA signed agreements with British multinational chemical company, Ineos, which was supposed to fund the project.

Land for the project had been secured adjacent to the National Stadium. British chemical engineer turned financier and industrialist, James Ratcliffe, through his company Ineos Capital Limited, was willing to spend around $12 million (P120 million) on the project. Ineos had signed a lease agreement with the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) for the land.

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