Football Business Africa

Each week, through interviews with leaders, club owners, agents, marketing executives, and entrepreneurs we dive deep into the business of African football.

Podcasting since 2024 • 7 episodes

Football Business Africa

Latest Episodes

A conversation with Gordon Gogo, sports tech entrepreneur

Gordon Gordon is a young lawyer and sports tech entrepreneur based in Nairobi, Kenya. He merges his legal acumen with a passion for innovation to build ventures at the intersection of sports and technology. His work focuses on leveraging tech t...

August 14, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 7 • 14:38

Kamilla Swart-Arries on the strategy behind hosting big sports events such as the Afcon

A conversation on why and how African countries should strategize around the hosting of big sports events such as the African Cup of Nations with Dr Kamilla Swart-Arries. Kamilla has 30 years of experience in sport, tourism, and event managemen...

December 06, 2024 • Season 1 • Episode 6 • 28:27

A conversation with Brenda Achieng Ongalo, sports lawyer

Brenda Achieng Ongalo is a Sports lawyer in Nairobi. In recent years, she has focused on football-related cases and on raising awareness among clubs and players on legal issues related to the industry. She discusses with Football Business Afric...

December 05, 2024 • Season 1 • Episode 5 • 11:04

A conversation with Gerard Akindès on what needs to happen for the business of football to thrive in Africa

A conversation with Gerard Akindès, one of a handful of leading scholars on the business of sports in Africa. Before becoming an academic - he teaches at various universities in the United States, England and Qatar - Gerard was an athlete and c...

November 22, 2024 • Season 1 • Episode 4 • 42:10

A discussion with Nozibusiso Sibiya, SABC sports journalist

A discussion with Nozibisiso Sibyl, one of the few women in Sports journalism in Africa, on her path from local news to the public broadcaster in South Africa and on covering the rise of women football in South Africa and beyond.

November 03, 2024 • Season 1 • Episode 3 • 12:03