Africa-Press – Angola. 1.o de Agosto and Banco de Fomento Angola (BFA) signed a sponsorship renewal agreement for the 2023-24 season, extending to football, basketball and handball.
The fact is announced, this Tuesday, via the Facebook of the collective founded in 1977, at a time when the effects of the financial reduction, in 2020-2021, from kz 800 million to kz 200 million by the Ministry of Finance persist. .
In an event held on Monday, at the facilities of the RI20 community, the signatories were the President of the Board, Carlos Hendrick and the Executive Director of the banking institution, Sebastião Massango.
Official sponsor of the “red and black” for 13 years, the BFA is now committed to taking particular care of the main teams in core sports, namely football, basketball and handball.
This cooperation comes after the election, last Saturday, of the new president of the Board of the General Assembly, General Altino Carlos.
Assuming the position due to inherent functions, as he is the head of the General Staff of the Angolan Armed Forces, Altino Carlos succeeds General Egídio de Sousa Santos in the collective.
The founding of 1.o de Agosto was due to a sports development strategy defined by the Popular Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola (FAPLA) through the National Military Sports Committee (CODENM).
It was the first club created in the post-independence period, with football as the most titled sport.
Accumulates 13 titles in the “Girabola” National Championship (1979, 1980, 1981, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998, 1999 2006, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019), six Angola Cup trophies (1984, 1990, 1991, 20 06 , 2009 and 2019) and ten victories in the Angolan Super Cup (1991, 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2010, 2017 and 2018).
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