Kwesé Sports
Kwesé Sports Logo
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Kwesé Sports homepage as of April 2016
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Type of site
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Sport |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Econet Media Limited |
| Slogan(s) | Sport news, live scores, fixtures and more from Kwesesports.com |
| Website | www |
| Alexa rank |
 114,936 (Global, November 2016) |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 4 December 2015 |
| Current status | Active |
Kwesé Sports (pronunciation: /ˈkwɛsɛ/, from Shona [kwese]) is a sport website operated by Econet Media, a subsidiary of Econet Wireless. Kwesé Sports was launched on 4 December 2015 with the announcement made by Econet Wireless founder Strive Masiyiwa, on the social networking site Facebook.
Strive Masiyiwa, founder and Group Chairman of Econet Wireless made an announcement on 4 December 2015 through his Facebook page of a new pay TV service named Kwesé TV (yet to be launched) and Kwesé Sports, a website which was live, showing sport news and offering free live streaming of the Copa del Rey football matches in Spain. The name "Kwesé" was derived from the Shona word kwese which means "everywhere" and "anywhere".
On 17 March 2016, the English Premier League announced that Econet Media acquired free to air broadcasting rights in Sub-Saharan Africa for three seasons, from 2016/17 to 2018/19 season. Econet Media via Kwesé Sports will air the matches, weekly previews and highlights programs. Richard Scudamore, Executive Chairman of the Premier League, said “We are very pleased that Econet Media has chosen to invest in the package of free-to-air broadcasting rights that we have made available in Sub-Saharan Africa."
On 21 April 2016, the NBA and Kwesé Sports owner, Econet Media, announced a multi-year partnership deal in which Econet becomes the official broadcaster of the NBA in Sub-Saharan Africa starting with the 2016–17 season. Econet Media will distribute NBA content in English, French and Portuguese across Sub-Saharan Africa on its internet-, mobile- and satellite-based platforms as well as pay TV platforms and free to air coverage.
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