BFA loses out on P120m academy
Friday, February 26, 2021
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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