Today March 5th 2021 Africa, Africa Sports Ventures Group and the rest of the world looks to Kenya, a country revered for long distance runners. And today it is none other than Tegla Chepkite Loroupe.
The retired Kenyan long distance runner now turned a global spokesperson and activist for peace, women's rights and education, was born on the 9th May 1973. In her glittering sports career, Loroupe has held the world records for 25 and 30 kilometres half marathons and the world marathon record. Loroupe is a woman of firsts in Africa's long distance running discipline among women. She was the first African woman to hold the marathon World Record, which she held from 19 April 1998 until 30 September 2001. She is the three-time World Half-Marathon champion.
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Today Africa, March 4th 2021 Africa Sports Ventures Group and the rest of the world celebrates a woman defying all odds to play equally with men in the minefield known as football administration, Isha Johansen. Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone as Isha Tejan-Cole on December 25, 1964, hers became a journey paved for history books of sports in Africa and the world. Referred to in some quarters as the iron lady of African football, Johansen is the president of the Sierra Leone Football Association. Johansen is currently the only woman in the continent to hold such a post. She is the founder, owner and Chief Executive Officer of F.C Johansen, a team currently playing in the Sierra Leone national Premier League.
Today Africa, March 3rd 2021 Africa Sports Ventures Group and the rest of the world celebrates one of the leading lights in sports administration in Africa; Kady Kanouté Tounkara.
A Malian and French citizen, she holds many hats in administration. Before going into sports administration, played professional basketball in Europe, and in particular France where she won five French national championships. Tounkara was a member and co-captain of the Mali women's basketball team which qualified and competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympic games. The team qualified for the Olympics after winning the 2007 FIBA Africa Women championships.
In 2013, Tounkara was named the President of Zone 2 on the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) Athletes’ Commission. Kanouté Tounkara volunteers to represent, empower and educate athletes.
The 42-year old currently chairs the World Anti-Doping Association (WADA)'s Education Committee. Tounkara sits in the WADA Athlete Committee where she is a member. She is also a lead trainer and a Steering Committee member of the IOC Athlete Career Programme (ACP) Outreach. To Kanouté Tounkara Africa, ASVG and the world say thank you. #ChooseToChallenge #asvgchoosetochallenge #InternationalWomenDay/8March2021 
Today Africa, March 2nd 2021 Africa Sports Ventures Group and the rest of the world celebrates Amantle Montsho. Within Botswana's local sports fraternity, Amantle Montsho is the first of many.
Born July 4,1983, Montsho is a pioneer within Botswana's sports. The 400 metres sprinter is the country's first ever track world champion and the first ever Commonwealth Champion, both men and women. She represented Botswana at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the finals at the latter edition. Montsho has also competed in the World Championships in Athletics and the IAAF World indoor Championships. 
On the 8th of March 2021, Today March 1st 2021 Africa Sports Ventures Group (ASVG) will join the rest of the world to celebrate International Women's Day. To celebrate and appreciate women excellence, ASVG will, in the build up to the day, profile some of the best women athletes and administrators.
Ushering in the new month is Chairwoman of ASVG Board of Directors Ms. Game Mothibi theme#ChooseToChallenge, with the following message, "Let's all heed the call #choosetochallenge and challenge all the violence, biases, sexism, inequalities, prejudices in sport, lets use our voice to challenge the harm to women, shaming of women in sport, belittling, refusing to give space for women to flourish. Lets challenge and ask why there are still less women in boardrooms and offices of sport organizations even whem we have so many capable women. 
Houston Texas USA, December 24th 2020 — ASVG is pleased to announce that it will partner with HITLAB on a number of major projects in 2021, namely the HITLAB - Digital Emerging Artist Showcase (“DEAS”), an online global musical showcase championed by global superstar Akon set to start in February, the ASVG “Africa Theme Song” Search Competition, another Online Contest which will ensue in February of 2021 and a Panel Discussion on Opportunities in the confluence of the Sports and Music Industry in Africa at the 2nd Edition of the Africa Day Pan-African Sports Conference and Sports Awards slated for May 23rd – 25th 2021.
Houston, Texas USA Tuesday October 27th 2020: The CEO of Africa Sports Ventures Group; Mr. Leslie Koroma Sr. is pleased to announce the establishment of the Africa Sports Ventures Group Foundation after receiving the acknowledgment and approval of Registration from the State of Texas in the USA.
 Accra, Ghana; December 3rd 2019: Africa Sports Ventures Group (ASVG) having reached a milestone agreement with the Federation of Africa University Sports (FASU) to institute a continental Student-Athlete Sports Scholarship program for Universities in Africa on November 22nd 2019, will now establish the first ever African Collegiate Sports League for all sports disciplines mirroring the NCAA in the USA.
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