This week I met Paul Mitchell, who is a football Agent with Siyavuma Sports Group, based in South Africa. He has lived and worked in Tanzania and has very good experience in Tanzanian football dealing with the clubs and the Football Federation. Paul was in London for a business trip and I met him at the Emirates stadium and asked him some questions about Tanzanian players and the CHAN tournament which was supposed to be held in Kenya.
I have been involved with sports in Tanzania as a Volleyball Coach for many years—and was a Tanzania Amateur Volleyball Association (TAVA) leader. I studied sports management at Leipzig University in Germany and understand the science behind sports. That led me to work as a football pundit, with the BBC ( Swahili service) in London. That experience and exposure took me to covering the 2010, World Cup in South Africa. This provided me with a great insight into international level football commentary and the opportunity to carry out extensive research into the game including its players, the stadiums, the rules and tactics.I have also been grateful to meet a wide range of people connected to football in the UK, Tanzania, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Ireland, France, Kenya etc, and visited almost all of the key football stadiums across United Kingdom, and Europe.
