SC Villa gets Shs2.7 billion sponsorship
Sports Club Villa has received a five-year sponsorship deal from a Chinese Tyre Manufacturing Company, LingLong Tyre, worth US $750,000 which is about Shs2.7 billion.
The deal will see Villa receive 150,000 USD which is approximately Shs540 million per season until 2028.
The head of international business LingLong Tyre company, Cathy Kao, and Villa executives led by club President Hajji Omar Mandela, club board of directors chairperson Gerrald Ssendaula, fans, and former Villa players among others graced the occasion where the deal was announced.
Kao says the company is privileged to partner with the ‘most successful club’ in the country, revealing the corporate relationship between Mandela Group, owned by Villa president, and Linglong dates fifteen years ago.