Arsenal urged by fans to abandon Visit Rwanda renewal talks Sport Business Arsenal have been urged by fans to reconsider their controversial partnership with Visit Rwanda after Morning Wire revealed the two parties were in talks to extend the deal. Discussions over a renewal on terms that would represent an increase on the £10m a year that Visit Rwanda pays Arsenal are understood to be at an [...]
Exclusive: Arsenal close in on Visit Rwanda partnership extension Sport Business Arsenal are in advanced talks to extend their controversial £10m-a-year commercial partnership with Visit Rwanda, the tourism arm of the East African country. The current agreement, which sees Visit Rwanda appear on the shirt sleeves of the men’s and women’s teams, was due to expire at the end of the season. It has also been [...]
Formula 1 race in Rwanda would be ‘blood-stained’, says DRC Sport Business Formula 1 risks having its brand “smeared by a blood-stained association with Rwanda” if it presses ahead with talks to stage a grand prix in Kigali, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has warned. DRC minister of foreign affairs Therese Kayikwamba Wagner wrote to F1 president and CEO Stefano Domenicali this week to urge him [...]