Future Global Sports is delighted to announce that it has signed a strategic partnership with East African-based agency NextPro Sports to combine player representation and commercial efforts in order to increase each agency's reach and that of their athletes.
Future Global Sports is a fast-growing, international sports management consultancy based in England working with athletes, clubs and brands in the UK and internationally while NextPro Sports is a professional athlete management agency based in Kampala, Uganda, representing athletes from the region.
Key clients for NextPro Sports include Ugandan international Allan Okello, one of African football's biggest young talents, Ivan Sserubiri and Gerald Kirya.
The principle aim of this partnership will be to develop and expand opportunities available for athletes in both continents, including sourcing opportunities for NextPro Sports athletes in all territories outside Africa.
"For the past year we have shared several hugely positive, fruitful conversations with NextPro Sports in order to establish a bridge from Africa to Europe, and in particular the growing East African market," said Jonathan Fadugba, co-founder of Future Global Sports.
"This strategic partnership will see FGS align our recruitment and scouting efforts in both women's and men's football with that of NextPro Sports and share market knowledge in order to help develop and guide the next generation of athletes in Uganda and East Africa more widely, and source pathways into European football for career development."
The two parties will also work towards the development and betterment of football in the region, with a commitment to working to improve the level of African football in three key areas: the playing side, the commercial side and the administrative side.
“This partnership is a step towards our long-term vision as NextPro Sports and we’re committed to working with Future Global Sports for the best interests of our athletes and betterment of the game of football in general” said Sultan Atubo, founder of NextPro Sports.
NextPro Sports and Future Global Sports will jointly represent athletes including Allan Okello and work collaboratively in relation to all income-generating activities, on and off the field.