Wednesday 14 March 2012

East Africa Cup 2012 London Launch

The Olympics launch party will cost more to put on, will they have matoke?

The London launch of the East Africa Cup at the Commonwealth Secretariat on Friday 9 March certainly did, and this Ugandan delicacy (cooked green banana) proved as popular with punters as the music which was provided by DJ Magrelo of the Hotplate crew.


The purpose of the event was to get people talking about the EAC - particularly people who might be able to fund the tournament or tell the world about it. 



In that respect it was a success - we had people from Sky, the BBC, East African sports bloggers and others with an interest in sport and Commonwealth issues at the event, and there the EAC team had some interesting discussions with people in the world of community sports funding.

There were plenty of interesting and inspiring people at the event too - like South Sudanese rapper Emmanuel Jal who was enthusiastic about the EAC and the involvement of a South Sudanese team. Tom Legg, UEFA B qualified football coach and an East African football enthusiast, arrived early and ended up being roped in to carry the table football table, adding to the long list of people who helped out at the event – people like Will and Tom from Lake of Stars festival (Malawi), and Angelina Foo who took the pictures.


Thanks to the Commonwealth Secretariat team or their warm hospitality and allowing us to use their venue – and of course for organising excellent food and helpful volunteers.

In fact they asked us to come back for another party closer to the East Africa Cup in June – so hopefully we can do it all over again in the summer.



http://www.we-want-peace.com more on South Sudanese rapper Emmanuel Jal and his We Want Peace campaign

http://www.hotplate.org.uk DJ Magrelo and Hotplate


http://www.thecommonwealth.org/ the Commonwealth Secretariat

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  1. Unknown31 October 2012 at 11:29

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  2. Unknown5 November 2012 at 11:09

    To Moshi documentary which highlights how community sport has helped build bridges in post conflict Rwanda, given disabled youngsters a chance to shine in Burundi and brought slum children back to school in Kenya. (a full length version of the film is available on request).

    Afterwards there’ll be a (very) short Q and A on last year’s EAC and how you can get involved this year, followed by music (provided by Lake of Stars DJs) and dancing.

    There’s a chance to try out East African regional food and we’ve invited a mix of people with an interest in international development, community sport, East Africa and the media and we hope that this will also be a useful informal networking event for people with similar interests.


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