{"id":44864,"date":"2025-12-13T09:28:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T09:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=44864"},"modified":"2025-12-13T09:28:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T09:28:53","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignzifa-confirms-new-sponsor-for-warriors-ahead-of-afcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/13\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignzifa-confirms-new-sponsor-for-warriors-ahead-of-afcon\/","title":{"rendered":"ZIFA confirms new sponsor for Warriors ahead of AFCON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-139037\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<p>\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"382\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ZIFA-confirms-new-sponsor-for-Warriors-ahead-of-AFCON.jpg?resize=382%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"object-contain h-46 w-full rounded-lg  md:rounded-none md:rounded-lg wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/warriors-xia.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/warriors-xia.jpg?resize=300%2C207&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/warriors-xia.jpg?resize=1024%2C707&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/warriors-xia.jpg?resize=768%2C530&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/warriors-xia.jpg?resize=1536%2C1061&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/warriors-xia.jpg?resize=382%2C264&amp;ssl=1 382w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/warriors-xia.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<p>The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has confirmed that it has entered into a deal with a new sponsor for the senior national team ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).<\/p>\n<p>ZIFA confirmed a partnership with pan-African bank Ecobank, which comes on board as the official banking partner for the Warriors.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on social media, the association did not reveal the explicit details of the deal, but the post confirmed that the bank is now sponsoring the national team.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our Warriors. Our Pride.<\/p>\n<p>On December 22, our flag flies in Morocco as the Warriors take their place on Africa\u2019s biggest football stage at AFCON 2025.<\/p>\n<p>They carry more than a badge.<br \/>They carry the hopes, voices and pride of a nation that believes.<\/p>\n<p>From every street, township and\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9CZqr721Nb\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/9CZqr721Nb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zimbabwe Football Association (@online_zifa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/online_zifa\/status\/1999736556194533812?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- \n\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in Local<\/span><span class=\"tags-links\">Tagged afcon, Ecobank, Warriors, ZIFA<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#ZIFA #confirms #sponsor #Warriors #ahead #AFCON<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has confirmed that it has entered into a deal with a new sponsor for the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[942,1003,834,5373,265,284],"class_list":["post-44864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-afcon","tag-ahead","tag-confirms","tag-sponsor","tag-warriors","tag-zifa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44865,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44864\/revisions\/44865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}