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Here is everything you need to know about the biggest league cash prizes in Africa.
The improvement, development and sponsorship of football across Africa continues at an impressive rate.
With the sponsorship and performance-related bonuses the revenue and prize money has also been beefed up.
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Pulse Sports brings you the top 5 Africa's biggest football league cash prizes as previously reported by the same website.
5. Tanzania NBC Premier League: $250,000 (Ksh32.4 million)
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Tanzania’s NBC Premier League make up the top five highest paying African leagues with winners pocketing $250,000 (Ksh32.4 million) thanks to the big sponsorship deals the league enjoys.
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Yanga is the most successful team in the country with 30 league titles, eight more than bitter rivals Simba SC, and they have stayed true to that by winning the last three, having ended Wekundu wa Msimbazi’s four-year run from 2018 to 2021.
However, Simba, under South African coach Fadlu Davids, appear to be on the up this season, sitting second, four points ahead of Yanga, after 10 matches.
4. Tunisia League 1: $300,000 (Ksh39 million)
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Tunisia is the other North African country in the top four with league winners in the top division earning $300,000 (Ksh39 million).
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Esperance du Tunis are the biggest team in Tunisia, having claimed 33 titles, 20 more than Club Africain, the second most successful team.
To show their dominance, Esperance have won seven of the last eight titles, including last season’s, with the exception of the 2022-23 campaign when Etoile du Sahel broke their dominance.
They are currently fourth on the log, some four points behind leaders Esperance Sportive de Zarzis after eight games, but few will bet against them defending their title.
3. Egyptian Premier League: $500,000 (Ksh64.9 million)
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The Egyptian Premier League completes the top three highest paying leagues in Africa with $500,000 (Ksh64.9 million) going to its winners.
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Al Ahly are the undisputed kings of Egyptian football with 44 league titles, a massive 30 more than the second-best team in the country Zamalek, and have won the last two league crowns.
The Cairo Red Devils had claimed seven straight from 2005-2011, before Zamalek broke that dominance, but they have since returned to the top.
2. Morocco’s Botola Pro: $603,000 (Ksh78.2 million)
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Morocco’s top flight Botolo Pro is the second highest earning African league with winners taking home $603,000 (Ksh78.2 million).
Unlike in South Africa where one team has dominated, the Moroccan league is highly competitive and has changed hands three times in the last three years.
Wydad AC won it in 2021-22 before AS FAR Rabat claimed the 2022-23 crown and Raja Casablanca pipped them by one point to the 2023-24 title. The three are now facing stiff competition from RS Berkane who are top after 10 games with a two-point cushion and with a match at hand.
1. South Africa’s PSL: R20 million (Ksh147.6 million)
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South Africa is at the top of the tree with the PSL, now known as Betway Premiership, earning the highest amount on the continent.
Even before the increase from R15 million (Ksh110.7 million) to R20 million (Ksh147.6 million), the PSL was still the highest earning league in Africa with perennial champions Mamelodi Sundowns, who have won the last seven titles, claiming the prizes.
Sundowns are facing stiff competition this season from Orlando Pirates, who have won all seven league games, and there are R20 million reasons to fight for the title.
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