World Association for Sports Management (WASM) World Congress, has shunned Nigeria in its very first visit to Africa and headed to south Africa instead.
The Executive Management Board of WASM made the announcement during the ongoing 4th WASM Conference 2023, saying, the fifth Edition of its World Conference will be hosted by North West University, Cape Town-South Africa and not in Nigeria.
Also note that Africa actually beat three other Continental Bids in a Bid Competition which ranked Nigeria’s Africa Bid as second to South Africa, while the Australia Bid was ranked third from over 40 bids submitted by WASM members as all roads now Lead to Cape Town, South Africa.
Speaking to Local Media in Doha about WASM’s choice of visiting SA first in the whole of Africa, Professor Oluwaseun Omotayo expressed delight at the outcome of the Bid process.
According to him: “This is indeed a good development.”
He continued: “Though Nigeria lost out to South Africa the joy for me as President Africa Sports Management Association (ASMA) is that Africa triumphed.”
“The Congress coming to Africa shall expectedly deepen Professionalism in Sports Management practice on the Continent,” he said.
The ASMA President led the Africa Delegation consisting of Members from Nigeria, Ghana, The Gambia, Ethiopia, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Benin, South Africa and Kenya to the Congress in Doha Qatar where Professor Ruth Crabtree of the United Kingdom emerged unopposed as the new WASM President.
The World Association for Sport Management (WASM) was founded to facilitate sport management research, teaching and learning excellence, and professional practice, across every continent.
