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More men
urged to
screen for
bowel
cancer
Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina (Credits - AfDB)
Africa must
prepare for
inevitable global
food crisis
- AfDB President
Akinwumi Adesina
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Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP
Health and Social Care Secretary -
Sajid Javid and the NHS are
calling on men over the age of 60
to come forward for bowel cancer
screening in a bid to prevent thousands of
lives being lost to cancer.
In an interview with Trumpet as part
of Bowel Cancer Awareness Month,
Javid said: “we have new test kits which
started just a few years ago. They are
called FIT kit tests and they are take-athome
tests, they’re very simple because
you give a stool sample you send it off
and it will be assessed. They’re very
worthwhile, they can be very accurate
and anyone over the age of 60 should be
taking these tests every 2 years. The NHS
can automatically send them and couldn’t
make it simpler for you to get tested and
protected.”
A home testing kit called the Faecal
Immunochemical Test (FIT) is
automatically sent to people aged 60-74
every two years and is quick to use,
meaning patients do not need to go to
hospital for screening. If the test finds
anything unusual, people may be asked
to have further tests to confirm or rule out
cancer.
Javid said the Bowel Cancer
Awareness Month is “an opportunity to
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News
Africa must prepare for inevitable
global food crisis
- AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina
Adesina warns that the tripling costs of fertilizer, rising energy prices, and
rising costs of food baskets, could worsen in Africa in the coming months.
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President of the African
Development Bank Group
President (www.AfDB.org) - Dr
Akinwumi Adesina has said “Africa
must prepare for the inevitability of a
global food crisis.” He was speaking
about Africa’s priorities, as a guest at the
Atlantic Council’s Africa Center on.
Fielding questions from the Council’s
Africa Center Chair, Ambassador Rama
Yade; Senior Fellow Aubrey Hruby; and
Washington/UN correspondent for
Jeune Afrique and The Africa Report,
Julian Pecquet, the Bank chief called for
an increased sense of urgency amid
what he described as a once-in-acentury
convergence of global
challenges for Africa.
According to Adesina, the
continent’s most vulnerable countries
had been hit hardest by conflict, climate
change and the Covid-19 pandemic,
which had upended economic and
development progress in Africa. He said
Africa, with the lowest GDP growth
rates, had lost as many as 30 million
jobs on account of the pandemic.
Speaking about the impact of the
Russia-Ukraine war, Adesina expressed
sympathy for the people of Ukraine,
describing their suffering as
unimaginable. He said the war’s
ramifications spread far beyond Ukraine
to other parts of the world, including
Africa. He explained that Russia and
Ukraine supply 30% of global wheat
exports, the price of which has surged
by almost 50% globally, reaching
identical levels as during the 2008
global food crisis. He added that
fertilizer prices had tripled, and energy
prices had increased, all fueling
inflation.
Adesina warned that the tripling
costs of fertilizer, rising energy prices,
and rising costs of food baskets, could
worsen in Africa in the coming months.
He noted that 90% of Russia’s $4 billion
exports to Africa in 2020 was made up
of wheat; and 48% of Ukraine’s near
$3 billion exports to the continent was
made of wheat and 31% of maize.
Adesina cautioned that to fend off a
food crisis, Africa must rapidly expand
its food production. “The African
Development Bank is already active in
mitigating the effects of a food crisis
through the African Food Crisis
Response and Emergency Facility – a
dedicated facility being considered by
the Bank to provide African countries
with the resources needed to raise local
food production and procure fertilizer.
“My basic principle,” Adesina said, “is
that Africa should not be begging. We
must solve our own challenges
ourselves without depending on
others…” The Bank chief spoke about
early successes through the Bank’s
innovative flagship initiative,
Technologies for African Agricultural
Transformation (TAAT) program, a
program operating across nine food
commodities in more than 30 African
countries.
Adesina said TAAT has helped to
rapidly boost food production at scale
on the continent, including the
production of wheat, rice and other
cereal crops: “We are putting our money
where our mouth is. We are producing
more and more of our own food. Our
Africa Emergency Food Production
Plan will produce 38 million metric tons
of food.” He said TAAT had already
delivered “heat-tolerant varieties of
wheat to 1.8 million farmers in seven
countries, increasing wheat production
by over 1.4 million metric tons and a
value of $291 million.”
According to Adesina, heat-tolerant
varieties were now being planted across
hundreds of thousands of hectares in
Ethiopia and Sudan, with extraordinary
results. In Ethiopia, where the
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When you think you need A&E,
contact NHS 111 online first
The NHS is encouraging the public to use NHS
111 online to get urgent medical advice
quickly – in addition to existing services –
ahead of what England’s top doctor has said will
be a ‘winter like no other.’
With more people predicted to suffer from flu
this year and hospitals already treating an
increased number of COVID-19 patients, NHS 111
online offers an alternative way to get immediate
medical advice.
Data from September showed that the NHS
was already experiencing record demand for
emergency services, with ambulances responding
to 76,000 life-threatening incidents and call
handlers taking more than one million 999 calls.
The NHS 111 phone service also saw record
demand, with a call being taken every seven seconds.
It’s recommended that if you have an urgent
but not life-threatening medical need, you should
visit NHS 111 online first rather than going
straight to A&E. You can access the service by
visiting the website 111.nhs.uk.
People use the online 111 service for a range
of reasons, including to check their symptoms and
if an injury or illness requires further investigation,
to get information on mental health support
services available, or to seek advice on how to take
a medication.
The service is also able to arrange for you to
be seen at an Urgent Treatment Centre, GP
surgery, pharmacy, emergency dental services
or A&E should you need it.
If you or your loved one have a life-threatening
illness or injury then you should always use 999.
Just think 111 first.
When you think you need A&E,
go to NHS 111 online 111.nhs.uk
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- AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina
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The Bank chief said there were three
lessons to be learned for Africa from the
challenges Africa is facing: first, that the
continent could no longer leave the
health security of its people to the
benevolence of others; second, that it
must look at health investments
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investing in quality health infrastructure
as a must - and third, that economies -
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Asked about the outcomes for Africa
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Adesina said: “Our challenge is
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climate change.”
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News
More men urged to screen
for bowel cancer
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remind everyone this is a very serious disease.
I sadly lost my own father to it 10 years ago.
I keep looking back thinking if he had taken
an early test then maybe he’d be with us today
and I want to encourage people to come
forward especially men. It affects more men
than women and especially those from ethnic
minority backgrounds where we have fewer
people taking these tests.
“As well as launching a 10-year Cancer
Plan to deliver world-leading cancer care, I
want to see more eligible people coming
forward for bowel cancer screening, which
saves at least 2,500 lives every year.”
Nearly 43,000 people are diagnosed with
bowel cancer in the UK each year and 16,500
sadly die from it, making it one of the most
common cancers in England. Yet, just 1 in 20
Brits would go to the doctor if they had
symptoms of bowel cancer, including
constipation, blood in faeces, stomach
cramps, excess gas and bloating.
The government is investing £2.3 billion
to roll out 160 Community Diagnostic
Centres, 81 of which have already opened.
They offer patients rapid access to clinical
tests and life-saving checks close to their
home. The centres have already delivered
775,000 additional tests and by 2025, the
NHS will be able to carry out 9 million
additional diagnostic tests. This will help us
reduce waiting times so that 95% of patients
needing a diagnostic test receive it within six
weeks by March 2025.
This will be supported by the Health and
Social Care Levy, which will raise £36 billion
over the next three years to speed up
diagnoses and patient waiting times. The
funding will permit around 30% more elective
activity in three years’ time than before the
pandemic and 17 million more diagnostic
tests over the next three years.
While some aspects of the bowel cancer
screening programme were paused during the
first wave of the pandemic, screening centres
are now sending out invitations at rates over
100% of pre-Covid levels and pre-pandemic
performance has been restored.
Asked about how uptake of screening
among ethnic minorities compares to rest of
the country, Javid said: “If you look in
London for instance where as you know that
it’s a very ethnically diverse part of the UK,
the take up rate of the bowel cancer test has
been as low as 41% compared with 56% in
other parts of the country. It has been
substantially lower than the rest of the country
and we know that so many people when they
get tested and if they’re diagnosed early on,
that is the best opportunity to make an
intervention.
“I often get asked why people from ethnic
minority backgrounds might take up less of
the opportunity. I know a lot about Asian
families and sometimes there is a fear of the
‘c word’ - the cancer word and people
sometimes therefore don’t take the
opportunity.”
To address the disparities in screening,
Javid said: “We are taking every opportunity,
especially during bowel cancer awareness
month, to promote the tests that are available
to encourage people to come forward.
“We are also working with GPs across the
country not just encouraging tests but also
people to go and speak to their GP about
potential symptoms. Maybe blood in their
stool or other signs, it’s important to work
with GPs and get that done.
“Separately, across all cancers we want to
make sure that we’re investing more in
workforce, tackling inequalities, and
investing in new treatments. That’s why I
launched a new call for evidence where we
ask the public to come forward, including
readers of the Trumpet, and give us their own
experiences so that we can have a new 10 year
cancer plan, so that we can do everything we
can to make the UK one of the leaders in
cancer healthcare.”
The Health and Social Care Secretary
warned that: “The older you are, the more
likely you are to be at risk. We have started
screening 56 year olds. The most important
thing is to come forward get a test kit and then
take the test. Femi, you said you have a kit -
have you used it? What are you waiting for?
Promise me by this time next week, I want to
make sure you’ve used your test. You’ve set a
really good example, thank you so much.”
Attesting to the importance of screening,
Jennifer who has been treated by the NHS
recalled that: “I have always had a tendency
to have stomach upsets but they reached a
point where they became more frequent. And
the abdominal pain increased to several times
a week. So when the bowel cancer screening
kit arrived on my doorstep, I returned it the
very next day. It’s such a simple test and
presented in such a way that it is easy and
“clean” to perform.
“I was surprised when I had the letter
confirming the test was positive and inviting
me for a follow up colonoscopy. The doctor
took small samples of tumour tissue – it didn’t
hurt at all! And the doctor told me straight
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Serial rapist jailed for life
Aman who committed a string of
serious sexual offences against
women in Camden has been jailed
for life.
Francis Mukendi, 27 (29.08.94), of
Finsbury Park Road, N4 was sentenced to
life with a minimum term of 15 years’
imprisonment at Wood Green Crown
Court on Friday, 29 April.
He was found guilty, following a sixweek
trial, of four counts of rape, three
counts of attempted rape, two counts of
sexual assault and four counts of
possession of a bladed article at the same
court on Tuesday, 22 March.
He committed offences against six
women, aged between 20 and 32. They all
lived around the Camden area.
Chief Superintendent Andy Carter,
responsible for local policing in
Camden, said: “I would like to thank the
victims for their continued bravery and
commitment to support this investigation
over a considerable period of time. I would
like to pay tribute to them for providing
crucial evidence to ensure Mukendi cannot
subject others to such horrific attacks.
“He is an extremely dangerous
offender who targeted these women as
they walked home alone in the dark,
waiting for the most opportune of
moments before making his attacks. They
have been left traumatised by what has
happened to them.”
The court heard that Mukendi carried
out the attacks over a two-year period,
between 21 September 2017 and 16
December 2019. He followed each of his
victims late at night and when they were
alone as they walked home in the Camden
area.
The attacks took place once the victims
reached their doorsteps or communal
stairwells. Whilst distracted when getting
their keys out, Mukendi would approach
them from behind with a weapon – on one
occasion with a hammer and on others
with a knife. He would then force them to
perform oral sex on him.
Once he had finished, or was
interrupted, he would run away. All the
victims reported the attacks to police
immediately.
Each attack was within a short walk of
each other and a short distance from
Mukendi’s home address.
Following the first attack on 21
September 2017 detectives launched an
investigation. The team completed
extensive enquiries but to no avail. There
were then further similar attacks in 2018
and again despite a thorough investigation
a suspect was not apprehended. A
breakthrough came when officers released
the CCTV image captured of the suspect
to the media on 21 December 2020. On
seeing his own image, Mukendi handed
himself into police the following day.
When detectives searched Mukendi’s
home address, they found clothing which
Francis Mukend
matched that seen being worn by the
suspect in the CCTV. A laptop was also
seized and later examined by forensic
experts. Mukendi was digitally aware and
had attempted to delete video footage he
recorded of the attack on 21 September
2017, but this was recovered.
A zombie knife and a lock knife
believed to be used in the attacks were also
recovered from his home address.
Mukendi was subsequently charged and
remanded in custody.
Chief Superintendent Carter added:
“The Met is absolutely committed to doing
everything we can to keep women and
girls safe, and to ensure they feel safe.
Working with our partners across the
criminal justice system, we are determined
to bring offenders to justice. We will
prioritise action against sexual and violent,
predatory offenders.
“We would continue to urge anyone
who has been a victim of a similar attack
to speak to us directly by quoting
CAD1639/21MAR22. We have specially
trained officers who will help and support
you.
“Alternatively contact us through a
third party support group such as The
Havens or London Survivors Gateway
who offer a 24/7 urgent advice number if
you need to speak with someone for the
first time.”
If you need to report a crime, you can
do so by contacting police on 101 or
reporting online. Always call 999 in an
emergency.
To speak to The Haven call 0203 299
6900 – for more information visit
www.thehavens.org.uk
To speak to London Survivors
Gateway call 0808 801 0860 – for more
information
visit
https://survivorsgateway.london/
If you have been a victim of sexual
assault or rape or you have information
about an offender, contact police on 101 or
999 in an emergency – there are specially
trained officers who will listen and
investigate where needed.
More men urged to screen
for bowel cancer
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away I had cancer. I only had to wait six days
for the test results and it was confirmed to be
malignant cancer.
“Since then I have had half of my large
intestine removed and had open abdominal
surgery as the tumour was attached to other
tissues. It had spread to my lymph nodes as
well so I was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer. I
am currently undergoing adjuvant
chemotherapy to help prevent the cancer
spreading.
“I am so grateful that I received such
prompt treatment by the NHS. The moral of
my story is “listen” to your body, you will
know if your bowel function is not right. If so,
don’t make excuses and explain it away to
yourself – find out what is wrong. Please
don’t be shy, send back your bowel cancer
screening test as soon as you can, it really
could save your life.”
On a similar note, Rob recalled that: “I
was diagnosed with bowel cancer about six
years ago. I was having bowel movements
that were a bit different and I didn’t think it
was anything sinister. Then one day I thought
- something’s not right here – so I did an athome
screening test and sent it off.
“I was then asked to come into hospital
for a colonoscopy and the doctor found a
tumour, which they quickly identified as
cancer. It was a shock to hear.
“Within a month, I had an operation to
remove the tumour and I made a really good
recovery. They caught it pretty quickly but I
could’ve gone to the doctor earlier when my
symptoms first started. I feel very lucky to
have made a good recovery and I’m thankful
to the NHS and the two surgeons who
operated on me.
“My message to anyone reading this - if
you have any blood in your stool or any
symptoms, go see your doctor. And when the
routine tests come through the door – do the
test, don’t put it away in a draw.”
Professor Peter Johnson, National Clinical
Director for Cancer, said: “Bowel cancer can
develop without people being aware of it, so
sending in a screening test could make all the
difference if it means your bowel cancer can
be picked up at an early stage when it is most
likely to be curable.
“The NHS FIT kits can be done quickly
and conveniently at home and really could
save your life.”
Dr Lisa Wilde, Director of Research and
External Affairs at Bowel Cancer UK, said:
“Bowel cancer remains the UK’s second
biggest cancer killer, and it’s shocking that the
many people wouldn’t visit their GP if they
had symptoms.
“Nearly everyone diagnosed at the earliest
stage will survive bowel cancer but this drops
significantly as the disease develops.
Knowing the key symptoms and visiting your
GP if you have any of them, or if things don’t
feel right, can help increase the chances of an
The NHS FIT kit for Bowel Cancer screening
early diagnosis.
“Also if you are of eligible age and
receive a bowel screening kit in the post
please take part. Bowel screening
programmes are by far the best route to early
diagnosis. Screening can detect bowel cancer
before symptoms appear, so don’t ignore the
test as it could save your life.”

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Healthy Heart Tip:
Health
Influencing children’s eating habits
Reward and punishment
Eating is so messy
Every parent or guardian has their own
style of child-rearing, but ultimately
every family has the same goal, which
is to raise a healthy and happy child. With a
little intention and the right tools, we can do
a lot to help our little ones thrive as good
eaters! Here we explore some of the ways you
can encourage your child to adopt healthy
eating habits.
Reward and punishment
· We have all been there; we just want our
little people to eat something! But parents
and carers should carefully consider the
use of food as a reward or punishment.
· Children have a natural ability to regulate
their eating and using foods as a reward
or punishment can undermine healthy
eating habits, as it encourages them to eat
when they are not hungry.
· Why not offer children non-edible objects
or experiences as rewards, rather than
food? For example, you could offer
stickers or a trip to the park, as an
alternative treat. Also don’t underestimate
the power of verbal praise!
‘Clean your plate’
· Pressuring children to ‘clean their plate’
may work in the short term, but it doesn’t
promote long term healthy eating. It can
also lead to a distaste for those nutritious
foods they are being forced to eat.
· Instead, help a child to feel supported,
safe, and relaxed at the dinner table, by
creating positive interactions with food.
When a child feels safe, they are much
more likely to want to eat and try new
foods!
Offering choice
· As parents, we can’t give our kids
complete control over food, but we can
guide them on making healthy choices.
· For young children, you may give them to
2 or 3 options to choose from e.g., ‘would
you like either toast or cereal for
breakfast?’ Guided choices can be helpful
as they enable a child to feel like they
have their say and a degree of control,
without feeling overwhelmed.
Eating is so messy!
· Unfortunately, as much as we hate the
mess, letting your kids get messy with
food can be a big positive in relation to
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TheArts
MAY 4 - 17 2022 TheTrumpet
Avalanche Kaito: Burkinabe urban
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griot meets exhilarating noise punk
Emerging from an original dimension in
sound, the polygenesis Avalanche
Kaito redefine what it is to talk with
the ancients whilst leaping forth into a
futuristic chaos of noise on their debut album
journey. A palpable experience with each
sonic blast, each layer a revelation, this
simultaneously taut but expansive universe,
in which the oral traditions of the West
African griot converge with Belgium postpunk,
exists in its own space.
Urban griot and multi-instrumentalist
Kaito Winse (vocals, tama, peul flutes,
mouth bow) fortuitously collided with
Brussels noise punk musicians Benjamin
Chaval (drums, electronics) and Arnaud
Paquotte (bass) from the group Le Jour du
Seigneur, after a friend of theirs in Burkina
Faso played Kaito some of the duo’s
pummeling music. Through a twisting
sequence of events, the trio eventually met
and began developing the soundworld of
ancestral proverbs and dataist inspired
technology that defines the album.
Although the album is being released six
months after the debut ‘Dabalomuni’ EP
showcase, the guitarist from that
extraordinary otherworldly session, Nico
Gitto is now part of the transformed setup;
not so much replacing Paquotte as expanding
the sound into another direction.
The ‘Dabalomuni’ EP was just a small
window into a greater universe of animalistic
symbolism and allegorical stories, wildly
vociferated and loquaciously delivered under
a rich exotic canopy or, echoed out into the
ether. With the help of the visual language
programme PureData (an open-source
apparatus for creating interactive computer
music and multimedia works)
and his
pummeling, rattled
d r u m m i n g ,
Benjamin and his
sinewy bassist foil
Arnaud create an
effective torque and
tumult for Kaito’s
commune with his
roots and life in a
very different bush of
ghosts. Within that
space, you’ll not only
hear super charged
traces of post-punk but
the tribal, free jazz,
prog, and industrial-electronica as well.
In a recent interview for the Trial & Error
Collective site, Kaito expanded upon his role,
his voice and unique lyrical proverb themes:
“All these proverbs already exist. They are
tools for teaching. They are intended to make
people think without hitting them head on. In
Burkina Faso, we use proverbs. In my village
the griots use proverbs. We prefer that people
think for themselves rather than doing it for
them. They go and discuss with the help of
proverbs around a coffee or at the water’s
edge. They use their own brain. If the proverb
is nice to listen to, they will remember it. We
don’t like it when people talk a lot. Tradition
has used this so that people retain the
proverbs and when a situation arises they will
understand and use them. The proverb also
makes the link between nature and humans.”
Kaito’s griot ancestry and the band’s
Avalanche Kaito Picture by Davide Belotti
motivation is a spontaneous escape from the
addiction of the online world, a reconnection
with the ritual of a live performance. You
could call it an interaction between flesh and
blood people.
Although created in a studio setting, that
live in the moment feeling and dynamism is
authentically recreated on this album. In that
same interview Benjamin outlines the group’s
process, noting that in addition to the
meticulously arranged song structures: “There
was an improvised stage in the studio with
Kaito and me, and then this material was
worked on, it went into the digital mixer, to
be enriched with computational sourdough.”
Avalanche Kaito - by Davide Belotti
In practice, that blows up and out into the
inter-dimensional slackened bass stalk of
“Sunguru”, and the wilder hysterics and
danger of the progressive deconstruction
“Douaga”. In that post-punk mode, a Jah
Wobble-like throbbed esoteric bass converges
with more celestial manifestations on
“Goomde”, whilst “Eya” features a certain
Scott Walker atmospheric gloom and earthy
soul tumbling drums. At any one-time, this
trio are snarling yet hypnotic, willowy but
thickened with a brooding menace.
All of this comes alive to create a
mysterious matrix that echoes disparate (but
strangely compatible) strands: deep griot
traditions, Fugazi, Can, 70s era Zappa, Black
Midi, the full throttle rush of Nyege Nyege
Tapes.
Magnetic in straddling multiple worlds,
Avalanche Kaito are metal and flesh, blood
and biometrics, tradition and transition, all
wrapped up on a chaotic road trip. The open
road, pathway from Kaito’s village home of
Lankoé in landlocked Burkina Faso to
Brussels proves infinitely more important,
radical and creative than the destination.
Track-listing:
1. Sunguru
2. Lebere
3. Douaga
4. Goomde
5. Bow
6. Eya
7. Toulele
8. Le Grand – Père
Weblinks:
Avalanche Kaito
Facebook & Instagram:
@AvalancheKaito
Glitterbeat Records
www.glitterbeat.com
Facebook: @Glitterbeat / Instagram:
@glitterbeat_records / Twitter:
@Glitterbeat_Rec

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Sport
MAY 4 - 17 2022
Mukuru announces new
sponsorships including EPL’s
Crystal Palace
TheTrumpet
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Andy Jury - CEO, Mukuru
Next-generation financial
services platform catering to
Africa’s emerging consumer -
Mukuru (www.Mukuru.com), has
announced a series of sports
sponsorship deals aimed at boosting
brand awareness while demonstrating
the company’s commitment to
excellence, as well as its recognition of
Africa’s rising global stature in both
fintech and sport.
Mukuru will be a shirt sleeve
sponsor of English Premier League side
Crystal Palace for the 2022/23 season,
while it simultaneously struck a naming
rights deal for the top Malawi Super
League Team, The Mighty Wanderers
FC, and a sponsorship arrangement
with Springbok legend Tendai “The
Beast” Mtawarira.
Mukuru, which has built a
formidable business serving
remittances for expatriate Africans, has
more than ten million customers and
has completed more than 100-million
transactions since its inception in 2004.
Mukuru’s core business was built by
offering international money transfers
and, from this base, Mukuru developed
a set of services to address the broader
financial needs of its customers around
the world.
The English Premier League is one
of the most-watched soccer leagues in
the world, with a massive following
across Africa and the African diaspora.
Palace’s squad boasts several key
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countries, including Wilf Zaha, Jordan
Ayew, Jeff Schlupp, and African Cup of
Nations winner Cheikhou Kouyate. The
sleeve sponsorship will bring the
Mukuru name onto the television
screens of millions of Africans around
the world.
Mukuru CEO - Andy Jury says:
“The Premier League is home to a wide
range of very talented African players
who have left their home country to
pursue their dreams elsewhere. This
inspires the Mukuru customer to
continue to pursue their dreams and
fills them with the belief that their
journey from their home country in
pursuit of a better life can result in
something beautiful.”
Continued on Page 14 >
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Sport
Mukuru announces new
sponsorships including
EPL’s Crystal Palace
Continued from Page 13<
However, Africa’s love for soccer
extends beyond the premier league, and
the continent itself is host to passionate
leagues, teams and fans. “We are
excited to have struck a deal, in
consultation with the Football
Association of Malawi, with one of
Malawi’s top Super League teams, the
Mighty Wanderers, and with the
naming rights, they will be called the
Mighty Mukuru Wanderers,” he says.
“Mukuru is a business that puts the
customer at the centre of everything we
do. Our essence and passion lie in
helping to solve problems for Africa’s
emerging consumers and uniting people
across the world. This passion drives
the way we do business, the way we
communicate with our customers and
the way we choose partnerships.
“Soccer is the most supported sport
on the African continent, uniting people
globally, and our customers identified
Crystal Palace as one of the teams they
support. A team with several African
players and an iconic African coach,
Patrick Viera, who our Mukuru
customers look up to and resonate with.
We are excited to be associated with
Crystal Palace, a well-respected and
prestigious premier league team. The
sponsorship places Mukuru on an
international stage, further entrenching
our global presence, operating in over
50 countries around the world.
Barry Webber, Commercial Director
of Crystal Palace, says, “This is a really
exciting partnership for Crystal Palace,
and we’re thrilled to welcome Mukuru
on board. “As a club, we are incredibly
proud of our links with the African
continent, which were encapsulated by
midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate winning
the African Cup of Nations earlier this
year. This partnership will help us to
continue to expand our international
fanbase, and Mukuru joins us at a
fantastically exciting time for the club,
both on the pitch and off of it.”
Beyond the Crystal Palace deal,
Mukuru wanted to demonstrate that
even though the English Premier
League represents the pinnacle of
soccer achievement, local leagues on
the African continent are also home to
incredibly passionate and proud players
and fans. “Malawi, which is one such
example, also happens to be an
important market for Mukuru, as
Malawian expatriates all around the
world use the service to send money
home to their loved ones. Malawi is
home to millions of passionate soccer
fans, and the opportunity to sponsor a
Malawian team came at the right time
to demonstrate our passion for homegrown
success stories. We are excited
at the prospect of having our name soar
in the Malawian Super League,” says
Jury
Outside of soccer, sports of all types
are important to Africans, and sport is
often seen as a stepping stone to a better
future. Mtawarira was born in Harare in
1985 and attended Churchill School for
five years before being spotted by the
Peterhouse Boys School scouts and
being offered a rugby scholarship. His
playing career in Zimbabwe saw him
shine, including in the popular Rugby
Sevens code.
His talent landed him in South
Africa, where he played for the Sharks
in Durban. He made his Springbok
debut in 2008 against Wales and is
today a naturalised South African
citizen. His career culminated with a
standout performance in the triumphant
2019 Rugby World Cup final against
England. From humble beginnings, at a
time when the Zimbabwean economy
was under huge pressure, Mtawarira
went on to become a highly respected
global star and Roc Nation Sports
Mukuru - shirt sleeve sponsor of English Premier
League side Crystal Palace for the 2022-23 season
International client. “The Beast”, as he
is affectionately known around the
world, is a hero figure and role model
of unity, power and commitment, all
underpinned by sporting excellence,
says Jury.
“Mukuru started in my homeland in
Zimbabwe and what this brand does is
amazing in the way it connects Africans
all around the globe, giving them the
ability to provide for their families back
home. I remember a certain time when
I was trying to provide for my mom and
family back home in Zim and Mukuru
is that solution, making it easy to send
money back home. Another thing that I
love about the Mukuru brand is that it
has a Pan-African approach, as I
identify as a Pan-Africanist at heart
myself. This brand is truly something
special” says Beast.
According to Andy, “Beasts’
journey resonates with many who
believe anything is possible with a
commitment to excellence and access
to opportunity.”

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