Ghana’s Sanlam Allianz has sponsored 4 elite Ghanaian athletes to compete within the 2026 Cape City Marathon, to be held in South Africa on Might 23 and 24.
The gamers are Kugo Attia, Seydou Salihu, Richard Kweitu and Kwabena Frempong.
Sanlam Allianz Life Insurance coverage and Sanlam Allianz Basic Insurance coverage held a farewell ceremony in Accra on Thursday forward of the crew’s departure.
The quartet had been chosen after ending within the prime 4 on the Absa Black Star Marathon, incomes them a spot to characterize Ghana within the 42.2km race on Might twenty fourth.
Talking on the occasion, Mr Tawia Ben Ahmed, CEO and Nation Chief of Sanlam Allianz Life Insurance coverage Ghana, appealed to the gamers to make Ghana proud in South Africa.
“Once we heard their tales, a few of them mentioned, ‘Properly, we thought there may need been different alternatives.’ They had been very excited that we got here on board as a sponsor. They did not find out about us, and so they did not must do something with us. They did not find out about us.”
“We have now discovered them to be appropriate sponsors for the Cape Sanlam Marathon and we hope that they are going to take this chance to characterize themselves properly, secondly to characterize Sanlam Allianz properly and most significantly to characterize Ghana properly. In the event that they go to South Africa, I’ve little question that they are going to be nice ambassadors for Ghana and return dwelling with many accomplishments in order that we will collect right here once more to have a good time them.”
Mabel Pobrey, CEO/Managing Director of SanlamAllianz Basic Insurance coverage Garna, defined the corporate’s resolution to help athletes.
“For us at Sanlam, we consider in supporting the neighborhood as a result of we do not simply work within the nation, we work in the neighborhood. We do not simply give attention to profitability, we take a look at how we interact with the communities by which we work. Enjoying is a part of how we interact and due to this fact this marathon is a part of the enjoying a part of our actions.”
“We’re sponsoring this not as a result of we all know them, however as a result of that’s what we do as a enterprise: supporting alternatives.”
This yr’s Sanlam Cape City Marathon may also function legendary Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge as a part of the worldwide ‘Eliud’s Operating World’ tour.
