Asebi [Ah-seh-bee] is a community committed to building a better future for Africa’s sport industry. Its origins date back to several conversations and meetings in 2020 between its founder (Dr. Kwame Agyemang) and various prominent members of Africa’s sport ecosystem. They spoke at length about their desire for Africa to realize its full economic and social potential and how sport could play a pivotal role.
These conversations ultimately led to Dr. Agyemang (or ‘Prof’ as his Ghanaian friends and students call him) taking a sabbatical from his university professor position at The Ohio State in 2022 to better understand Africa’s sport industry. He found that Africa maintained a plethora of athletic talent and human resources to further professionalize and scale; however, he also found that it lacked the proper investment, infrastructure, and leadership to realize this potential. For instance, despite possessing world-class African talent in several sports, many of these athletes are better known for their feats in European and North American leagues.
Resulting from his research and observations while living in Ghana, Dr. Agyemang reasoned that a hub dedicated to tackling the challenges faced in Africa’s sport industry would benefit its growth and progression. So, in 2023, he announced the Asebi platform as a hub to build a better future for Africa’s sport industry.
PURPOSE
To build a better future in Africa’s sport industry.
MISSION
To unlock the potential of every African athlete, organization, and sport industry professional.
VISION
For Africa to be a global hub for sports & entertainment.
VALUES
Community • Curiosity • Creativity • Integrity • Entrepreneurship
We are a community, consisting of sport industry professionals, athletes, businesses and brands, creatives, policymakers, and entrepreneurs.
Through our diverse experiences, backgrounds and vocations, we are united by our shared passions for sport and Africa. We are tackling the challenges confronted by Africa’s sport industry.
We know this road to transformation won’t be easy, but we don’t run from that reality. What others perceive as challenges and the impossible, we see as opportunities for solutions.
We let these possibilities fuel our ambitions.
Together, we are building a better future in Africa’s sport industry and creating new pathways for African talent to share its story with the world in ways that were previously unimaginable.
The Asebi logo serves as a visual illustration of Asebi’s purpose and draws inspiration from our founder’s Asante (an Akan ethnic group of Ghana) roots. The stylized ‘A’ letter, which connotes Asebi, honors a well-known kente cloth pattern known as Asebihene (“Chief of Asebi” in the Asante Twi language). Traditionally, this kente pattern was woven using a combination of blue dyed cotton and cotton left in its natural, off-white color. This is why we were intentional in choosing a variant of blue for our Asebi icon, while our secondary color is off-white cotton. Like all kente patterns, this cloth weaving process requires ample exertion, perseverance, and creativity. This practice parallels Asebi’s engagement in the arduous but imaginative work that will enable Africa’s sport industry to flourish.
Meanwhile, the complementing shapes on either side of the stylized ‘A’ letter depict a pair of Atumpan drums. In Asante culture, the Atumpan are regarded as “talking” drums and are used to communicate a message to a person or group of people within a social setting. The Atumpan, therefore, symbolize Asebi's commitment to telling new, successful stories about Africa's sport industry.
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