FAZ eye KoPa replicas for Chipolopolo bond

THE Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) says it plans to incorporate the KoPa replicas sale as part of helping raise the US$10, 000, 000 Chipolopolo bond.

FAZ president Andrew Kamanga says the KoPa brand had been steadily growing since its launch in 2018.

THE Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) says it plans to incorporate the KoPa replicas sale as part of helping raise the US$10, 000, 000 Chipolopolo bond.

FAZ president Andrew Kamanga says the KoPa brand had been steadily growing since its launch in 2018.

In his weekly column on the FAZfootball platform, Kamanga noted that despite it being not easy selling an untested idea he was happy that being a local brand that sits well with government’s policy to promote the “Buy Zambian” campaign, the KoPa was slowly taking root.

He also noted that despite the initial scepticism, fans have slowly been colouring the football landscape with KoPa.

Kamanga said KoPa had already shone at international events with the Chipolopolo providing an eye catching spectacle at the 2018 CHAN while the women’s team had conquered the continent in the Olympic race whilst draped in the brand.

“It remains our plan to incorporate the KoPa replicas sale as part of helping raise the US$ 10, 000, 000 Chipolopolo bond. While many have been sceptical about the viability of the Chipolopolo bond, we are confident that once the idea has been fully embraced by government it will change the manner in which sports sponsorship is viewed in Zambia,’’ Kamanga said.

We are hopeful that if we continue working on this idea, other associations would come on board and ask that we kit them. It is the only way we are going to grow local businesses and enhance our own identity.

The KoPa sports ear was launched by FAZ in 2018 and later relaunched in 2020 with an improved version of the brand that has seen kit all Zambia National Soccer Teams and some lower division sides.