New Generation Women’s Football Club are the 2023 Zanzibar Women’s Premier League champions.

The New Generation team beat U.M.Z 3-1 in their last match played on Tuesday at the Amaan Stadium.

Edna Amos gave U.M.Z the lead after 9 minutes, but second half goals by Juma Kalunde, Joseph Merry and Rukia Hassan were enough to ensure New Generation picked three vital points.

The win sent New Generation to 30 points after 12 matches played, two ahead of the former champions Warriors Queens Women’s Football Club. P.D.S finished third on the log with 25 points, while U.M.Z picked 20 points

Warda Abdulhakim, who was awarded special prize as best player by the Zanzibar Football Federation (ZFF) thanked her teammates for the hard work throughout the season. “It was not easy to win the title, but we worked really hard,” she added.

The 2023 Zanzibar Women’s Premier League had 7 teams with Yellow Queens FC finishing bottom with only 1 point.

New Generations who also lifted the title in 2021 will now return to represent Zanzibar in the CAF Women’s Champions League qualifier for the CECAFA Zone later this year. Tanzania’s Simba Queens are the CECAFA Zone reigning champions.

Tanzania’s U-17 star women’s player Aisha Masaka has signed a 3-year contract with top Swedish Premier League side, BK Häcken

The 18-year old Masaka was unveiled by the Club today at their Bravida Arena.

“She is good at using her speed and power in the offensive and she is an experienced goal scorer. We are convinced that Aisha will add another dimension to our squad, and we warmly welcome her to Hisingen,” says the BK Häcken sports director Martin Ericsson.

Masaka who has been featuring for Young Africans Women’s team says she is happy to join a new team in Europe. “I’m very happy to be here. I hope to be able to score many goals and help the team get as high as possible,” says Masaka.

She was the top scorer in the 2020/2021 season in the Tanzanian Women’s League with 35 goals in 20 matches. Masaka has also scored 27 goals in 14 matches for Tanzania’s U17 national team and two for the senior team from four matches.

The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) has renewed the contract of the U-20 women’s national team coach, Firew Haile Gabriel.

“We are happy with Haile’s work and decided to renew his contract for  another two years,” said Bahiru Tilahun, the EFF Secretary General on Thursday in Addis Ababa.

Haile Gabriel who took over the U-20 women’s team in 2019 is also credited for identifying women’s talent from the grassroots.

He guided Ethiopia to win the regional CECAFA Women’s U-20 Championship 2022 in Uganda last year.

The Ethiopian team is also in the final phase of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers where they will face Ghana over two legs.