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Why West Africa Needs a Structured Collegiate Sports Ecosystem

Students gather around a university football pitch in West Africa during a late-afternoon match, capturing the scale of untapped athletic talent on campus.

Why West Africa Needs a Structured Collegiate Sports Ecosystem Every September, thousands of talented young athletes walk onto university campuses across Nigeria, Ghana, and Ivory Coast carrying something that no scout, no recruiter, and no federation has fully accounted for. They carry ability. Real, competitive, occasionally exceptional ability, the kind that shows up on five-a-side […]