Why We Looked Into This ยป?๐
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- The Africa Cup of Nations tournament originally scheduled for June and July 2021, is being held in Cameroon between January 9 and February 6, 2022 with 24 African teams.
- There are 19 national teams with sport kits made by foreign companies while 5 national teams partnered with home-based companies. Of the 19 national teams with foreign kit manufacturers, 18 are based in Europe and 1 in North America. Though Football Association of Malawi decided to establish its own label, the production of kits and replicas was commissioned in China and Vietnam (Asia).
- Germany is the country with the most represented sport brands – Puma kits 5 national teams; Adidas kits 2 national teams while Saller kits The Gambian national team (1).
- Of the 5 national teams kitted by home-based companies, only 3 (Burkina Faso, Malawi and Mali) made it past the group stage and 1 (Burkina Faso) made it to the semi-finals of the tournament.
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