The Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) has signed a partnership with one of the leading betting companies, Betika to be the official sponsors of the CECAFA Kagame Cup 2025/2026.

CECAFA and Betika signed the agreement during a ceremony held on Thursday morning at the Pan Pacific Suites in Nairobi, Kenya.

CECAFA Vice President Paulos Weldehaimanot Andemariam said: “We are pleased to enter a partnership with Betika. With Betika joining as the official sponsor, we are taking this great tournament into a new era. This partnership reflects the power of collaboration between football and the private sector, and it demonstrates the confidence that a leading brand like Betika has in the value and potential of CECAFA competitions,” added Weldehaimanot.

Mutua Mutava, the Betika Group CEO said he was happy with the partnership. “Today, we announce a landmark sponsorship of 42 million Kenya Shillings for the CECAFA Kagame Cup, cementing Betika’s place as official sponsor of this prestigious tournament for the 2025/2026 season. This is not just a sponsorship: it is a statement of belief in the power of Football to unite, inspire, and transform communities,” said Mutava

As part of the Agreement, Betika will receive premium brand exposure across all CECAFA platforms, including in-stadium branding and digital activation campaigns.

The CECAFA Kagame Cup 2025/2026 with Betika as the official sponsor will take place September 2-15th in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Twelve top teams in the CECAFA Zone will feature in the competition.

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The Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) will unveil a new partner/sponsor for the Kagame Cup on Thursday 28^th August 2025 at 8am (local time) at the Pan Pacific Suites (Tembo Room).

Media are invited to attend the unveiling of the new partner, and later the draw for the CECAFA Kagame Cup 2025.

Details

Date: Thursday, 28 August 2025

Venue: Pan Pacific Suites, GTC Towers (Tembo Room)

Time: 8h00 local time

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The CECAFA Kagame Cup 2024 will now take place July 6-22^nd in Tanzania and Zanzibar.

Three guest sides TP Mazembe (DR Congo), Nyasa Big Bullets (Malawi) and Zambia’s Red Arrows FC have all confirmed participation to join 13 other teams from the CECAFA Zone.

The competition was earlier planned to take place July 20^th to August 4^th in Tanzania. But because of the busy CAF calendar, the competition has been rescheduled so that it kicks-off earlier and ends few days before the start of the 2024/2025 CAF Club competitions.

“This competition will help our teams in the Zone prepare better in the pre-season ahead of the 2024/2025 CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup which start in August. Having top sides from DR Congo, Malawi and Zambia will also spice-up our Club competition and give our teams a real test,” says the CECAFA Executive Director John Auka Gecheo.

The CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup 2024 which was meant to open the CECAFA calendar from June 29^th to July 14^th has also been cancelled to give players more time to prepare with their teams ahead of the CECAFA Kagame Cup.

Teams for the CECAFA Kagame Cup: Vital ‘O (Burundi), APR FC (Rwanda), El Merreikh, Al Hilal, Hai El Wadi (Sudan), Young Africans SC, Simba SC, Azam FC, Coastal Union FC (Tanzania), Gor Mahia FC (Kenya), SC Villa (Uganda), JKU SC (Zanzibar), El Merreikh FC-Bentiu (South Sudan), Nyasa Big Bullets FC (Malawi), TP Mazembe (DR Congo) and Red Arrows FC (Zambia).

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The CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup, the flagship competition in the Zone contested amongst the senior men’s national teams will this year take place in Zanzibar.

The competition slated for June 29th to July 14th, 2024 will be hosted at the Amaan Stadium and the Pemba Municipal Stadium.

After successfully hosting the CAF Schools Football Championship recently, Zanzibar are warming-up to host yet another competition that was last staged four years ago.

Teams from the CECAFA Zone and some guest sides will take part in the competition.

Uganda are the defending champions having defeated Eritrea in the 2019 CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup final in Kampala.

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