433ghana.com has sighted a report made by SuperSports Ghana that Accra Hearts of Oak is on the verge of securing a huge sponsorship in the coming days.
Accra Hearts of Oak are in talks to secure a GH¢ 2.5 billion ($4.76 million) shirt sponsorship deal with Africa World Airlines from the beginning of the new season.
The club had gone without a shirt sponsor for the whole of last season and the new relationship is expected to continue the healthy financial outlook. In the past month, the Accra club had rejected a three-year sponsorship offer from telecom operators, MTN, worth about GH¢3 million ($1.57 million).
Togbe Afede XIV, board member of both Hearts of Oak and Africa World Airlines – where he is the principal founder – is pushing for the new sponsorship marriage between the two entities he oversees, reports supersport’s Gary Al-Smith. The newest local airline on the domestic Ghanaian aviation scene, Africa World Airlines (AWA).