Africa-Press – Rwanda. AS Kigali president Fabrice Shema has pledged that, effective 2025/26 season, prize money across the first and second division leagues will increase if he is elected president of the local football governing body (FERWAFA).
Shema made the development on Thursday, August 14. He was addressing members of the press as he and his team kicked off campaign for FERWAFA elections slated for August 30.
For instance, he said, the prize money for men’s Rwanda Premier League champions will increase to Rwf 80 million, up from Rwf 25 million while the champions in women’s top tier league will bag Rwf 20 million, up from Rwf 5,000,000.
The men’s second division league will have the prize money doubled, where the champions will take home Rwf 20 million, up from Rwf 10 million.
In general, the prize money will be extended to the teams that will make it into top eight teams in men’s top tier and second divisions while top six teams in women’s first and second division leagues will also be awarded.
More than Rwf 484 million was projected to be distributed into prize money across the leagues during the 2025/26 season.
Rwf 345 million will be allocated in men’s top tier and second division teams and Rwf 99 million in women’s top tier and second division leagues.
“We want to ensure that what teams are rewarded is worth it,” Shema said.
Prize money will go as follows:
Prize money for 2025/26 men category
Rwf80 million
Rwf60 million
Rwf40 million
Rwf30 million
Rwf25 million
Rwf20 million
Rwf15 million
Rwf10 million
Total Rwf 280 million
Prize for women’s top tier league
Rwf20m
Rwf15m
Rwf10m
Rwf8m
Rwf6m
Rwf4m
Prize money for Men D2
Rwf 25 m
Rwf 20 m
Rwf15m
Rwf13m
Rwf11m
Rwf9m
Rwf7m
Rwf5m
Prize money for Women D2
Rwf 10m
Rwf8m
Rwf6m
Rwf5m
Rwf4m
Rwf3m
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