Airtel commends FIFA U-17 women’s world cup squad

Airtel Ghana has congratulated Sandra Owusu-Ansah, one of the four girls who took part in the Airtel Rising Stars inter-country tournament in Nigeria who scored in the opening match between Ghana and the Republic of Korea at the ongoing FIFA U-17 world cup tournament in Costa Rica.

The four are Sandra Owusu-Ansah, Kubrah Abubakari, Florence Fosuaa Annor and Belinda Anane. They all represented the Ashanti Region during the national competition played last year.

A release from the company and signed by the Head of Corporate Communications at Airtel Ghana, Mr Donald Gwira commended the players for continuing to blaze the path that another Airtel Rising Star, Priscilla Okyere started last year. 

The release said Priscilla Okyere was a participant of the maiden edition of Airtel Rising Stars maiden edition four years ago and she led the Black Maidens to win Africa’s first medal at a FIFA organized event for women, scoring the winning goal; against Germany in the process.

“What we are seeing further gives credence to the dreams that we set out to achieve with ARS. It is our dream that through ARS we shall give more opportunities for a lot more people to experience football at a level they are not usually used to”, Mr Gwira said. 

He added that the 2014 edition of ARS will soon be launched.