Leagues in Africa and their respective cash prizes allocated to clubs that clinch onto the league titles.
As the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has one of its fundamental mandate as, developing football in the African continent in order for it correlate with the core functions of the mother body of football, FIFA.
The various football associations in charge of the administration of the respective leagues have a responsibility to improve on the value of their leagues through the provision of infrastructures which enhances the development of each aspect of the game as well as setting enviable cash prizes for the club that wins the ultimate.
In that vein, some football associations have succeeded in improving on the value of their leagues as they make their leagues so attractive and hence, enabling them to land gigantic sums of sponsorship deals which goes a long way to improve the monetary value of the league in terms of the cash prizes dedicated for the eventual winner of the league at the end of a competitive campaign.
below are the top ten leagues with the highest cash prizes in Africa:
(10) Botswana premier league – USD $54,630
(9) Cameroon Elite One – USD $82,000
(8) Algerian Ligue 1 – USD $100,000
(7) Nigeria Premier Football League – USD $119,268
(6) Ethiopian Premier League – USD $192,400
(5) Tanzania Ligi Kuu Bara – USD $236,000
(4) Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 – USD $300,000
(3) Egyptian Premier League – USD $500,000
(2) Moroccan Botola Pro – USD $598,000
(1) South African Premier Soccer League – USD $1.133 million
Delving in more on the top five leagues with the biggest cash prizes for the ultimate winners of their league titles, the values of their league does not only have effects in their clubs participating in the CAF Confederation and CAF Champions League and performing well; their national teams also benefit from it when all other factors come into play.
For instances, the South African national team is made up of players, who largely ply their trades in the Premier Soccer League. In their last outing at the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) which was held in Cote D’voire, they finished as the third best team in the tournament, which was one of their best out for the national team.
Meanwhile, countries such as Ghana who are the 15th highest cash prize league paraded a team, largely of players who playin Europe got kicked-out in the group stages of the tournament.
Clearly, the development of any League in the African continent by their football association, in collaboration with the government would reap huge benefits in terms of revenue and national glory as well.
