{"id":66407,"date":"2024-10-08T11:08:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T11:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-gears-up-to-monetize-sports"},"modified":"2024-10-08T11:08:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T11:08:00","slug":"south-sudan-gears-up-to-monetize-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-gears-up-to-monetize-sports","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan gears up to monetize sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Youth and Sports Minister Dr Joseph Geng Akec has disclosed plans to create additional opportunities for South Sudanese to earn a living from sports.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Akec expressed the sentiments in his address to journalists during the inspection of the Bank of South Sudan sports complex in Juba on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He said his ministry was planning to monetize athletics to enable the participants earn a living from it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to commercialize sports so that if you are participating, you get an income. Sports can foster economic development and peace,\u201d Akec said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the ministry was encouraging private investments in sports to generate income for the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is evident in the sports competitions that we have seen. The government has a policy and we would like to see the private sector joining us and playing a bigger role in the development of sports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Monetizing sports, Akec said, will enable the country to generate income, citing that England was earning 9 billion Pounds Sterling (US$12bn) from the Premier League football.<\/p>\n<p>The Governor of the Bank of South Sudan, Dr James Alic Garang, also called for greater investment in sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs was highlighted earlier and many times before, sports unite people all over the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have not invested much in sports and we must challenge ourselves that sport is here for us,\u201d Dr Garang added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\">South-Sudan<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. Youth and Sports Minister Dr Joseph Geng Akec has disclosed plans to create additional opportunities for South Sudanese to earn a living from sports. Dr Akec expressed the sentiments in his address to journalists during the inspection of the Bank of South Sudan sports complex in Juba on Monday. 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