{"id":55234,"date":"2025-08-14T15:21:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-set-to-host-sportsbiz-africa-forum-for-the-second-year-running\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T15:13:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:13:38","slug":"rwanda-set-to-host-sportsbiz-africa-forum-for-the-second-year-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-set-to-host-sportsbiz-africa-forum-for-the-second-year-running\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda set to host SportsBiz Africa Forum for the second year running"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The conference, which will feature the Policymakers Roundtable, is scheduled to take place in Kigali from September 9 to 10, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Key topics on the agenda include linking sports with tourism, monetizing sports, advancing sports development, attracting sponsors, and demonstrating the benefits of investing in the sector.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s edition brought together around 400 participants, including athletes from various disciplines in Rwanda, leaders of sports federations, investors, journalists, and institutions connected to the sports industry.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Sports, Nelly Mukazayire, emphasized that the Forum is helping to reshape African perspectives on the role of sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Roundtable marks a pivotal step in unlocking the transformative potential of Africa\u2019s sports industry. By strengthening our national policies and aligning them with Agenda 2063, we aim to foster a thriving sports ecosystem that drives job creation, sparks innovation, and accelerates socio-economic development across the continent. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Together, we are setting the stage for a new era where sports become a powerful catalyst for Africa\u2019s growth and global leadership,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n<p>Among the prominent figures who attended last year was El Hadji Diouf, the legendary footballer.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-92595\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/2i1a9546-3c4c6-57aed.jpg\" alt=\" Launched last year, the Forum promotes Africa\u2019s sports industry as a key driver of sustainable socio-economic development on the continent.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-92594\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/2i1a9462-2-2b85e-27c19.jpg\" alt=\"Last year\u2019s edition brought together around 400 participants, including athletes from various disciplines in Rwanda, leaders of sports federations, investors, journalists, and institutions connected to the sports industry.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-92593\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/2i1a9534-c93b5-89080.jpg\" alt=\"Among the prominent figures who attended last year was El Hadji Diouf, the legendary footballer.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the second year in a row, Rwanda is set to host the SportsBiz Africa Forum (SBA 2025) in Kigali. Launched last year, the Forum promotes Africa\u2019s sports industry as a key driver of sustainable socio-economic development on the continent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000092592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000092592,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/2i1a9546-3c4c6-57aed.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/2i1a9546-3c4c6-57aed.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/2i1a9546-3c4c6-57aed.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/2i1a9546-3c4c6-57aed.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/2i1a9546-3c4c6-57aed.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/2i1a9546-3c4c6-57aed.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000092592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55234"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55234"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}