Why Does One Of The World's Poorest Countries Sponsor Arsenal?
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- Rwanda, whilst having one of the fastest growing economies in the world, remains a widely impoverished nation in which 39% of citizens live below the poverty line, as the country looks to rebuild under the controversial leadership of President Paul Kagame.
There is outrage then, in some quarters, at the Rwandan government for paying £70 million to sponsor Arsenal for seven seasons, who Kagame's supports, and a further £7.25 million a season to sponsor Paris Saint-Germaine (PSG).
In this video, HITC Sevens takes a look at this controversial move, the reasons behind it, and the situation in Rwanda more broadly. - กีฬา
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In fairness Everton used to have a sleeve sponsor of Angry Birds!
*Flashback to an red bird being the Everton mascot*
Everton's Angry Bird was the sleve sponsor I noticed. I think it's hilarious.
First thing I think of when arm sponsors came up was Everton lol
@@rhoddryice5412 totally agree. as funny as when Pompey was sponsored by Beanie babies.
Wasn't that the first sleeve sponsor in the premiership? It's certainly the one that stood out the most.
Rwanda is actually one of Africa’s safest and fastest-developing countries. Kigali is a clean, lovely city with a flourishing art and cafe scene. Good for them promoting themselves in this way.
Yeah, imagine what they could do with a decent leader who doesn't waste their money on personal interests.
@@pacolet2994
Paul Kagame is largely responsible for Rwanda’s meteoric rise to prosperity and economic development, so credit where it’s due there, but yeah… no doubt he’s also a bit of a anti-democratic strongman
They don't like litter yes... but there is always more than meets the eye
@@coyotelong4349 The video did a great job explaining why economic growth and unethical leadership are not mutually exclusive. That growth is built on the backs of impoverished people, who are punished or just disappear if they speak out.
It’s slightly like Singapore, a safe, developing and rich country with a 1 party leader
For what it's worth, I flew from Australia to Rwanda, in part due to this. Beautiful country by the way, the nicest people you'll ever meet. ❤
@@theafricanliberationagency4652
@@theafricanliberationagency4652 so negative tf
@@theafricanliberationagency4652 hey! Oscar I am Rwandan and I can tell you that everything isn't sunshine and rainbows here but, we are happy with our country's vision and choices.
Come back I will host u in my family
We love people and it's a grace to love others.
@tarvivor Rwanda is home of the world so for your next visit feel at home again we gonna show you other good stuffs
I don’t know the purpose of this video but a lot of Rwandan citizens we’re proud of our country and we trust our government. Viva🇷🇼
We believe in him 🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼
How much are you getting paid to say this?
Western Media always want to paint African countries and leaders as inferior. I haven't seen one negative comment here or on any other platform about this issue
@@murray9807as bad as their human rights record is, given their last government literally incited a gen*cide against their own people, Kagame’s government are basically saints by comparison, so it’s no wonder they still have support
The fact that we are discussing about Rwanda is exactly the point of the sponsorship, I bet many of your subscribers didn’t know about Rwanda . You need to spend money to make money, the sponsorship is not charity. It’s an investment like any other. I think it’s a deliberate decision from Rwanda to invest in local tourism. Tourism is now the main forex earner for Rwanda. In fact the airport has become small due to large increase in tourists that Rwanda is now building a new airport bigger than Heathrow.
I agree. Now if i were to ever visit africa, rwanda would be the country i'd go to
And on top of that we Rwandans are happy with that who is this guy to decide what is better for us .get lost
Point👍🏽
That's truer
This can't be hard to understand.
I am Ugandan, and when they announced that Rwanda were sponsoring Arsenal, the radio started asking why we weren't sponsoring Arsenal.
😂😂
Your radio speaks?!
Naye ugandans man😂😂
Time for Uganda to sponsor Spurs
Sad times
Well Rwanda isn’t one of the poorest countries, it’s the cleanest country in Africa and one of the worlds best growing economies
My sentiments exactly
Rwanda is in the top 25 poorest countries in the world, so yes, it is.
@@ilremorto4387 Exactly. Fast growing economy doesn't mean wealthy country. China has had one of the fastest growing economies for nearly 40 years. It was poor until very recently, and is still considered a developing country. The only reason for the size of the economy is the sheer amount of people. In 20 years time when the one child policy comes home to roost, it is game over. Rwanda will be poor still for decades. But it is on the right path economically. I'll reserve judgement on the politics, as it could be a lot worse, as recent history shows.
Just take East Africa Rwanda has the 2nd lowest GDP Per Capita just above Burundi, Even South Sudan is above Rwanda, its a low income economy ranked as Low Human Development by HDI
@@nicholasmackenzie-rowe68 Very good explanation.
I’m Nigerian. Was in Rwanda in 2019. Spent around $1700, so that statistic is bang on 😂
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@Ming Chen 👀😂😂😂
Nigerians gati mone really
I was lucky enough to visit Rwanda a few years ago. It’s an absolutely spectacular country.
Visiting the Genocide Museum was one of the most emotional and thought provoking things I’ve ever done.
It’s clear when you are in the country how essential tourism is to the economy and you can see first hand the benefits to the population from the tourism. Around Volcanoes National Park there are numerous schools and other infrastructure projects that are almost entirely funded by tourism.
I’m not saying that the sleeve sponsorship is a good or bad thing and I’m certainly not supporting the governments decisions but I haven’t been anywhere else where the benefit of tourism was so obvious to the local people.
The Maldives is the most obvious example of tourism benefiting people. I went and stayed in the capital rather than on one of the tiny expensive islands. Deliberately to see how it benefits the people. Given it is literally the only way to earn foreign currency for the nation. Gambia is similar, but at least has wildlife and mangrove swamps. Rwanda just hasn't got the wildlife, otherwise it would have the tourists of Botswana, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
@@nicholasmackenzie-rowe68 it’s one of only 3 countries in the world where you can see Mountain Gorilla in the wild, you can accuse Rwanda of lacking a lot of things but wildlife is not one of them!
The gorillas are actually key to their tourism industry and a significant amount of the very large amount of money you pay (£750 when I went in 2014, more than £2000 per person now) to go on a gorilla trek goes straight to local infrastructure.
@@nicholasmackenzie-rowe68 that's such an uninformed comment, along with being one of 3 places in the world you can find wild mountain gorillas, there are also rhino santurarys, hippos and much more wildlife that is at the core of their tourism. They also have one of the most amazing wildlife protection services in the world with 24/7 gaurds roaming to kill any poachers that might want to harm the wildlife, and banning all forms of plastic carrier bags nationwide. Do some research before you spout shit.
Your first tourist recommendation for Rwanda is the genocide museum...sounds like a great getaway for precious holiday days considering ...not my kind of "holiday"...
@@txg399 the surprisingly high cost of your tourist adventures will see a tourism only catered to elites and a very hard ceiling on how much revenue tourism can create for the Rwandan elites that run it ostensibly...
Personally I see absolutely no problem with this. I’m willing to bet Rwanda is a beautiful country and a great holiday destination in Africa. The civil war and genocide did so much damage to the countries name and I’m willing to bet some of that comes from the movie ‘hotel Rwanda’. So pumping money into advertising itself as a tourist destination is a smart move. They definitely need the positive promotion.
@tawer zadok we had no civil war instead a genocide against Tutsib
Make a research
We all know coca cola or Heinken, but think about why they always spend billions on marketing with literally no new products.
That's what Rwanda is looking for, keeping a brand in our eyes eventually stamps it in our minds which may become a default consideration whenever you have various options.
Young kids, fans of Arsenal and football in general will grow with a positive image of Rwanda, unlike the old who have the genocide as the first thing to come to their minds when they hear or see Rwanda.
with only $40m per season, millions of people are constantly exposed to Rwanda even without knowing.
All fans of other English clubs also get exposed to Rwanda and Rwanda ads whenever their teams play Arsenal home now add France's PSG.
Today Rwanda is exposed to millions of people worldwide, those who watch football news, shows, those who buy or sell kits, and more, all major TV advertise Rwanda unknowingly.
Had Rwanda used the old approach of dealing with TV ads, they would have paid just the same or bigger amount for a few minutes of airtime on one station.
Today stations from around the world that covers Arseanal or EPL activities advertise Rwanda with no choice.
The success of this deal is not calculated just on how many visitors visit Rwanda in one season, it is about changing the global negative perspective on Rwanda which its benefits will keep coming even when the deal is over.
Rwanda is known of thinking outside the box, as we speak, they're filing for the world's largest broadband system in space made by over 300,000 satellites, yes Rwanda has no capacity to build such infrastructure, but once the UN approves it, it means Rwanda will be the first country with well regulated space in space which means private companies like Elon Musk's space x and Starlink would feel it is easier to buy a spot in space from Rwanda than starting from scratch, 300,000 spots would leave Rwanda with enormous money yet they invested literally nothing.
It is really disgusting how people run to call out the African leaders as whatever negativity they feel they put on them even when they just talking about something which benefits all their population.
Rwanda has a thriving Airline, the world's first nationalwide delivering drones started in Rwanda and the company is now worth $ billions.
Yes Rwanda receives aid but it had made sure that aid is used separately to pre designed projects outside national budget hence aid does not collide with their daily lives and decision including their foreign policy.
Rwanda slapped Germany, UK and France many times when they try to meddle in their politics expelling their ambassadors on many occasions until the later would change their minds.
In 2018, Rwanda and the U.S. fell out in a trade war making Rwanda joining other countries like China, Canada and Europe in Trump trade war.
Rwanda is a country coming from far, but it is moving at a fast speed, UN's HDI report reported that Rwanda was the world's fastest developing country in Human Development since 1990s followed by China.
All the above and more don't just fall from heaven, especially to a small landlocked Poor african nation with limited resources and population of 12 million people coming from the world's worst genocide.
It's country's, bit the plural countries. & If it takes a movie to tell people about something, best you not her involved at all (because movies yell us so much what happened right, do accurately)
@@kurtsudheim825 thanks. I didn’t actually know.
@@davidahmed6679 I said genocide
Just because it’s an African country doesn’t mean it’s one of the poorest…. In fact Rwanda is doing extremely well for themselves…
Its economy is expanding rapidly. But it came from such a low base. It will take time still to not be one of Africas poorest countries.
@@nicholasmackenzie-rowe68
You’re correct actually, their financial metrics are a lot lower than I previously thought, that being said, their growth rate is astonishing, up over 8.5% when the world average is at 1.67%
So again well done with this comment, but they will soon be completely financially unburdened
@@titankiller5287 Thank you for the polite reply. I hope it continues on its current path. It will take time, but stability and a mixed economy will give it a sound base. Have a look at the quality of the airline for example. Look up trip reports of its business class on here. It is clear the direction of travel. Similar to Tanzania.
I wouldnt say a country receiving Foreign Aid in the billions is doing "extremely well for themselves" but they're definitely doing better than some
In terms of resources, it is one of the poorest
Promoting their tourism industry to get out of poverty, maybe? #VisitRwanda
No African country is "poor"
@@studentubegh3240 ?
Honestly, compared to where Rwanda was in the mid 90's to now I think Kagame has done better than most leaders. Not to mention Rwanda is one of the cleanest and friendliest countries in Africa if not the world.
White man living in the UK should stoping lecturing African people how they should govern their countries.
@@dt8101 It is called freedom of speech. Something that does not exist in Rwanda
@@archstanton6102 Yes it does.
@@mitchmazamez1989 That is not true. You should read the Human Rights Watch report on the press in Rwanda from May this year.
I tried to post the link but TH-cam keep deleting links to subjects they don't understand.
Do you have any fact checked evidence to support your claim?
@@archstanton6102 Yes I do. The analysis below shows that organizations such as HRW are not credible in their denigration of Rwanda. “What Human Rights Watch (HRW) does on Rwanda is NOT human rights advocacy. It is political advocacy which has become profoundly unscrupulous in both its means and its ends. […] HRW’s discourse on Rwanda over the past twenty years has been VISCERALLY hostile to the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) which defeated the genocidal Hutu Power regime in 1994, and systematically biased in favor of letting unrepentant Hutu Power political forces back into Rwandan political life.” This is more fully explained in “The Travesty of Human Rights Watch on Rwanda”.
Clearly those activists have a very UGLY agenda and will not hesitate to fabricate, lie or deceive in the service of that agenda. They will declare living people “dead”, they will bribe “witnesses”, they will omit vital facts, they will engage in underhanded manoeuvers with major media outlets, they will leverage their enormous funds to prevent or frustrate judicial process. Murderous militiamen have been found with instructions to call HRW if they get caught, so that it will declare them “political” prisoners and spring them out or use them as cudgels against the country, etc. Every trick in the book and even off the books, you name it. They will stop at nothing. They are beneath non-credible. They are despicable.
Alfie asks if is ethical for Arsenal have Rwanda sponsoring the sleeves.
Wait until he finds out about the owners of Emirates airlines
yeah, its fine for emirati slavers to be prominently shown on football shirts but not for a somewhat dodgy company whos miraculously recovered from a genocide less than 30 years ago?? strange video from HITC today
country* instead of company
@@keeemon4451 I agree what is his point maybe just another arsenal hater if he is questioning ethics there are much stronger examples out there.
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Never really thought about this but kinda crazy now you’ve mentioned it
sums up most of alfie's videos really
He is just a paid influenced at this point.
This video is myopic and ill-informed, Rwanda is the best country in Africa and only comparable to Singapore, Rwanda is richer and better than France who would be poorer than Botswana without the stolen wealth from Africa, 60 percent of Europeans cannot live in a country like south Africa because they would simply not be able to afford the lifestyle without the artificial safety of welfare , get your facts right
@@MShine1444 That’s not what Joe told me?
@@MShine1444 that is such bs lol
I was in Rwanda earlier this year and I can say without any hesitation that its one of the safest and cleanest countries in Africa. It's a fast developing country. Visit Rwanda is paying off tremendously to its economy and development.
I always thought it was something like Barca's 'Unicef' logo. Didn't expect this at all.
@Oke Ihenacho How is that blood money???
Kagame has been great for Rwanda for the most part. He has a great vision for his country which other African leaders lack. Many other African countries would benefit too with a strongman like him with a great vision for his country. He literally brought his country back from the ashes.
Please before you Jump around on African Countries do you research Well. First of all whoever said Average Rwandese Citizen Income is $780 Annually Lied.
1. Every considered poor Citizen in Rwanda was Given a COW by the Government. So this means they don't need to buy Milk
2. Most of them they have their own Land which they use for Farming so they don't need to to buy Food.
3. Primary School is Free and Highschool fee is less than $60 per Year
4. The Healthcare is almost Free they have "Mituelle" This is the Rwanda Healthcare Card which they pay less than $20 Annually.
And the President is Moving the Country to the Singapore 🇸🇬 Standard
So Dude please Keep Calm and Love Rwanda 🇷🇼
Rwanda is one of the Leading Countries in African which Cares for their Citizen.
So what is the average income? You claim $780 is a lie but do not correct it
@@MrSniperfox29 wat he means is alot is not accounted for because it is not quantifiable monetary terms
Thank you soo much
Rwanda has changed a lot in the last 20 years. It's one of the safest countries in Africa and is super clean these days. The autocrat in charge has been spending lots on tourism now.
Poorest and safety is two different my dearest brother we Rwandan we are tired
@@12rexpierre43 Ugandans are unhappen with the way the country is developing?
@@junglehunt516 oka we are not poor forget those fake statistics and understand the loan our country have and how it will be paid understand how our money are now I mean the value how much foreign money we have in our central bank the late of interest on loan and so on me am not crying even though I know am not Rich at all but my dear you may be you are Rich danse in your Joy
Rwanda are investing in sport, they've just been announced as the host of the 2025 cycling world championship.
They also have a state of the art indoor basketball arena
That’s a great step forward
May we see more and more stuff like this
Viva Rwanda
rwanda is actually doing pretty good as a country considering the genocide
Democratic or not, Paul Kagame is an inspirational figure. Not sure how someone can look at what Rwanda was 30 years ago and what it is now and have anything bad to say about it.
Exactly. He may not be the most democratic leader in the world, but honestly it shouldn’t matter that much given what he has done for that country… The good far outweighs the bad many times over.
@@coyotelong4349 Try telling that to all the experts here with their western elitist mindsets all experts on African culture and politics after reading a few articles.
@@originalherbalist
In the vast majority of situations, authoritarianism is bad. And there will come a day, likely soon, when Kagame will need to step aside.
But in a situation like Rwanda was in following the Civil War/Genocide, etc, and given what his leadership was able to accomplish for the country from that point forward, an authoritarian streak can and probably should be overlooked.
And some countries and peoples do need a strong men or else a number of weak men come out and cause mayhem, death and destruction.
i got to know about rwanda very recently ,because i am a cricket geek and national stadium of Rwandan cricket team went viral in cricketing circles for its impressive looks and location
very fact that people discussing about them and this country is getting famous in different sports
we can say there strategy is working
I assume the same reason why a Moto GP circuit was built in of the poorest provinces where I live in Argentina....despotism, corruption and the delusions of power of some politicians entrenched in their position...with the excuse of promoting tourism of course...rather than just fulfilling their fantasies
cmon now...the one in charge of rwanda has done a very good job pushing the country forward...in nowhere has he been linked to nay misbehavior or corruption
They would have measured the tourism levels pre and post sponsorship to come up with the stat. Sure it isnt accurate but its how marketing works.
There’s simply no way of measuring how much of that was strictly from sponsoring arsenals shirt. That was Alfie’s point
@@nedsullivan2587 that's marketing. There's a reason companies pay so much for sponsorship for sports teams all over the world, it works. This is one of the most basic forms of measurement and it isn't really intended to be an exact. The slightly darker side of online observations may look into visitors interaction with in this case Arsenal or the Premier League.
@@bhew7409 I’m not disagreeing with you I’m just saying that is a bullshit stat
This usually happens as marketing departments are not that intent on running statistical analysis for their appraisal let alone for a country's public dept who wants to justify spending it.
The president of Rwanda criticized Arteta after losing to Brentford. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He would buy the club if he could
As he should
Yep😂😂
And rightly so 😂😂
He's a fan like any other fan dummy of course he's gonna do that.
Paul Kagame worst crime in his political career is supporting Arsenal
And killing millions of Congolese people to please his masters
@@sosawazaya3182 (1 of 8) [It’s not Rwanda’s responsibility to take care of the Congo.]
More than 23,000 people have been displaced since May 2021 in northern Tanganyika’s Kongolo Territory alone, according to local authorities. Most have fled insecurity multiple times in the past three months.
(2 of 8) In just the past two weeks, humanitarian partners in the Kongolo and Mbulula health zones, have recorded 243 incidents of rape, 48 of which involved minors, in 12 different villages. This is an average of 17 reported attacks each day.
(3 of 8) The attacks are reportedly being carried out by rival armed groups competing to maintain control over mining areas - especially gold mines - and as retaliation against government-led military operations. Civilians find themselves trapped in the middle of intense confrontations between different groups.
(4 of 8) Some women and girls have been abducted and used as sex slaves by armed group members. Ransoms have been demanded from families in exchange for their freedom.
I don't know how I can watch this for 25 minutes but I'm still actually really enjoying it. you're the only youtuber who can do that for me
you haven't watched HITC sport
Love Rwanda and it’s so beautiful place with beautiful people so let’s all visit Rwanda. Love from Somaliland
i swear everton sponsered Angry Birds on their sleeves
And they had a RED Angry birds mascot!! Everton! Red!
Not since 2020-21
i lived in rwanda, so its quite cool seeing rwanda on an arsenal shirt
That's weird. I didn't see a disclaimer under the video about how the last election in Rwanda was the safest and most secure in history. TH-cam must be relaxing their stance on misinformation.
Fantastic video, with a balanced, neutral perspective on such an interesting topic related to football.
It was exactly for this kind of content that I subscribed to this channel.
Keep up!
Great video put just know you've just been added on to the watch list of Rwanda but I like that keep breaking down the holes of the football world
Ok i expected some football stuff but you just blew me away. Top research, sourcing & you've a great way of articulating and laying things out.
PSG & Premiership have world wide audience. Especially rich & growing Chinese market. Makes total sense.
Paul Kagame you are smart 🤓 to do this because you want Rwanda to potentially prosper economically through tourism
really appreciate youre willingness to call things out as they are, and how in-depth you go when exploring the shadier corners of the beautiful game. thanks!
Another spectacularly interesting video, Alfie! I love these deep-dive videos that you provide. In-depth, intelligent and well-articulated as always. 😁
Sure, I like a "top 7 best footballers who suffer from various conditions" (which, now that I think about it, would be a very interesting video idea as well), but these documentary style videos are what I come here for. 😁
Keep doing what you're doing. And enjoy your holiday 💪
As the adage goes: "if you don't want to be criticized, sit and do nothing". The fact that Rwanda and Kagame has received much criticism from all corners of the world, at the same time, the country has been one of the fastest developing, shows that the president and the people of Rwanda are up for something. Hope they won't be distracted by the criticism, because it's better to do something and be criticised than doing nothing not to be criticized. The good thing is, in all the criticism, there's nowhere Kagame is said to be using the money to benefit himself. Also, when people talk about Kagame's critics being targeted, their use of violence and divisive politics to destabilize the country should also be talked about. They should not be treated as saints that are being harassed. In 2018 and 2019 some Western governments warned their citizens against travelling to Rwanda due to attacks by the so-called critics.
Yo! Rwanda isn't one of the poorest african countries. It actually has one of the fastest developing economies.
But its still in the top 25 poorest countrys
No offense though
It's both I think, one of the poorest, but having the biggest growth rate, so it will change in the future
Rwandans are running from their own country and crossing to Ug and Tz bro...
Reason?
Imagine being a child or a member of a family where if the father or the head says a word.....no one objects even when they are obviously being oppressed...
A home where if anyone tries to object is either jailed and charged with terrorism or mysteriously dies by assassination..
A home where by you can only exist if you are 100% in support of everything done by the head..
A home where those that object to the ways of the head and decide to run away for fear of their lives are hunted down and shot or strangled..
A home where the head brags publicly for killing those opposing him.
This home has nice flowers, well paved walkways and a good looking house that makes outsiders admire and praise the head..
The family members live in fear and anxiety..
The news from this family are well doctored and only the head’s chosen media is allowed to report about any events occurring and the private media companies are controlled with a whip to continuously paint only the positive picture for the outsiders...
The family members understand that the keys to survival are;
1. Don’t ever say anything negative about anything or the ways of the head whatsoever.
2. Don’t even think about objecting to the ways of the head unless you want a ticket to your grave
3. If you decide to do the contrary, run to your neighbor and live a highly sophisticated lifestyle so that you confuse and make it hard for your hunters since they are obviously tracking you.
3. Don’t ever open your mouth to say anything negative about the head’s ways on social media or to a journalist..
Have you ever heard of a story of a girl born in a royal family, the father or mother stage manage a relationship with a boy born from an equally rich or royal family..
The two meet and Mary only to find out that the girl isn’t happy but tries to hang on because she doesn’t want to disappoint the parents, she’s living a lonely and miserable life inside a mansion..
She tries and tries to carry on until she can’t carry it anymore and finally she escapes from the home...
Falls in love with another guy with a total opposite social status but takes care of her, gives her respect, freedom and showers her with jaw dropping moments that make her feel like she’s in paradise.....
They are crossing to Ug and Tz because they know that staying in Rwanda is too risky for them....
Two years ago the head devoted to lock the gates so that he can try and out to an end the unending silent immigration of members seeking freedom since they diner have a platform to raise their voices without being clinically eliminated by the head.
That’s exactly what’s happening to the majority people of this country...forget about what you see in the media....
Just because it's fast developing doesn't mean it isn't still poor
Wish you could be Rwandan this song may be you could ask your self if volume is okay
Great video keep up the great work
great video yet again alfie. i appreciate the mention of yemen’s humanitarian crisis. shame how frequently it goes overlooked
While you're looking at that to attract English tourists, know that Arsenal FC is also supported and watched by people beyond the UK and any of those could be tourists
Alfie can you do a video documenting the rise and fall of Oldham Athletic and how they managed to go from being founding members of the Premier League and having competed in the top-flight at recently as 1994 to now favourites to get relegated out of the Football League altogether here in 2021?
His name is Joey Thompson he grew up in our town he kept the Dale in league one (2 seasons ago) and sent the Oldham down
Hi Alfie, I am a viewer from Hong Kong. Thank you for your picture at 17:43 :)
The fact that 185000 people have watched a video on the subject (11/11/21) in 6 weeks suggests that it is having an effect that any sponsorship is intended to do. Don't think I would have ever thought about Rwanda before this deal. Fantastic video as always!
You seem to be an expert on Rwanda,did you live there at any time?
Just wanna say that i really enjoy your videos. Love the fact that they are so well researched and tell the story from an objective standpoint! Keep it up :)
We're talking about how a country with a significant poor population shouldn't invest in a football club, but Qatar and the UAE has the same issue (and even worse human rights abuse) yet the same accusations aren't levied against them. Weird.
Mmmhmmm
Rwanda maybe small but it’s not poor. She’s rich in culture and geography. And it’s one of the cleanest and safest countries in the world.
The David Luiz bit is also fallacious. A rich footballer can stay in a swanky resort anywhere or at any time he likes. I think that it's great he is doing it in a developing country, so that his patronage helps create jobs and livelihood. Cheers.
I’d love to see a video about sponsorships in football
Brilliant research and presentation as always! You should write a book on the weird sometimes dark, other time wonderful histories in football... dog knows you have enough material already!!
Great video man, so insightful. Thanks so much for making this!
I'm bloody annoyed about those sleeve sponsorships cause my club sells "unsponsored" replica shirts which is jolly decent of them but the sleeve sponsor logo is still there. Granted, this is a very theoretical annoyance as I am too skint to buy one these days.
you know the saying that people get what deserve based on their work that was what your club got and rwanda got good stuff , so stop being annoyed because it is the naked bare truth
Hey Alfie, can you do a video of Every PL club's most expensive signing this summer and how much they would have been worth if the Neymar transfer to PSG hadn't inflated the market
Tbh, not much. David luiz to PSG for €50m already shown defender will also cost a lot. Not to mention real madrid steadily inflating the market with Bale and ronaldo world records.
@@RainingFlow19 Yes but Neymar's transfer to PSG was more than double the previous world record
@@rohithraman6488 yeah but PSG still only spend around €230m total that transfer. Real Madrid actually spent more total almost decade earlier the season they got ronaldo and kaka. The market already inflating due to Real Madrid.
@@RainingFlow19 When Chelsea had an expensive window last year everyone was saying we were ruining football but they were all okay when Madrid did it 😂👍
@@rohithraman6488 yep. Chelsea is convenient to put blame on due to popularity of PL but if everyone be honest, in the late 90's serie a and laliga already inflating the market with breaking transfer records within few years.
Brilliant video as always. I have been wondering about this for a while
This is how we are investing in Rwanda we want for us and for our children and grand children, depend on what we are doing now, and this is part of solutions brought by our visionary President Kagame: God bless him and his family.
This value -laden narration is infuriating. The narrator even starts by showing us Ugandan currency. Comparing how much people earn in Rwanda with someone in Paris or New York is totally irrelevant. People in Africa, which is mostly rural can live for several months without having to buy anything. Also questioning Arsenal's ethics in doing business with Rwanda as if the West is the standard model of good governance is just down right superiority complex. The world bank index of places to do business is just one way of saying "the most compliant African country for the west to rip off". Just being obsequious is not the same as good for your people yet any country that fails to comply with western demands will suffer the wrath of negative advertising dressed up as intelligent observations. This is just arrogance on stilts.
He has bought his nation to a very high standard. He is getting high value tourism....the sponsorship will change perspective of the nation.
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how can you love crap , maybe it,s because you are crxp
So poor countries shouldn't align themselves with the biggest brands in the world to attract tourism and reshape the image of their country.
That makes sense somehow.
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Day 2: Could you do a documentary highlighting Dutch professional clubs that went bankrupt between 1991 en 2013? In about 20 years the Dutch pyramid was stripped of 7 (beautiful number) clubs, that’s a lot of you realise it only consists of 38 clubs.
Great idea
It's not a lot at all. Look at every country except for the top 5 leagues. Second division teams disappear every year
Widzew, ŁKS, Zawisza, Pogoń Szczecin, Polonia Warszawa, Ruch Chorzów, Bałtyk Gdynia, Sokół Pniewy, Hutnik Kraków, Górnik Wałbrzych
@@rmc7367 the dutch setup has lost 18% of its clubs by his statistic. if that happened in the EFL, then 16 clubs (if you rounded down) would have been gone in under 20 years. 18% is a lot. And its was seven clubs too..... which is just an added benefit for Alfie.
@@twilso9 I literally said except for the countries which have the top 5 leagues. Look at the professional football clubs of any country except those 5, and compare the list to the professional clubs from 20 years ago. Guess what? More than half of them are gone. I swear to God, Dutch people always think they are on top of the world (I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about the other guy. You're just as ignorant, but I assume you're not dutch). You're acting like 18% is sooo much, while countries like Romania have lost at least 60%, probably around 75%. Even the teams that still exist, a lot of them aren't in their original form (FCSB, Rapid, Universitatea Craiova, etc.)
I kinda want to visit Rwanda now after this video
Was watching the video with great interest and then 15 minutes into it I realized that i was watching a video on a football channel, not political or economic one. Love HITC sevens!
Superrr Vid, Thank U!!!
Hmm, it doesn’t matter whether they are poor or not to sponsor or invest in a club. It’s high time some laws were created to stop discriminating other countries. U know this statement has a long indirect effect on the that nations economy.
It’s sad the way the media portrays African countries.
Well, in regards to how they could get that 8% figure, it's possible they include a questionnaire of some kind on entry to the country by plane (which, a majority of tourists would use). Simply by asking what drew them to come there.
Honestly, I don't think that's the case. It's probably a made up figure, but it is a very reasonable and fairly simple way they could have collected the data.
You give a simple, common sense, and plausible reason as to how they come at these numbers, and then deride your own judgement.. why???
@@kandanda Lol there's a simple easily explainable reason but I don't want to believe it so it doesn't make sense obviously
I'm from the country of thousand hills "Rwanda"
I'm proud to be Rwandan 😍😍😍
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Just because you can say alot words doesn’t mean you are speaking the truth . #Dream Big Rwanda 🇷🇼
part of me thinks all these nation states getting involved with the prems adds abit of glamour to the league
More like laundering money, the easiest way to launder loads of dirty money is to move the money trough the London's financial services that's the reason u get so many dodgy people investing in EPL.
I think that it was over 300 billion pounds of dirty money that got laundered in London in 2019
Describing Laurence Fox as 'the most divorced man ever' is genius
We're Rwandans🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼 we don't care what people thinking about us because we knew where we come from that why we have to working hard and togather any way welcome in Rwanda🇷🇼🇷🇼 visiting mountain gorilla and other natures we love you more ❤️
Sooo......premium advertising is reserved for the privileged first world?
The fact that you've made a video about Rwanda, this is a win. More and more advertising for the country. The money paid is not a loss at ALL.
These videos are always interesting and researched to such a high standard.
Another smashing vid!
As a Rwandan I gasped at the sight of the video title😂😂😂😂....our President loves Arsenal so do I and am not even angry 😒
I'm from South Africa🇿🇦, and lemme say Rwanda is nowhere near poor. Just has a dark cloud of Genocide hovering them
Day 20: Best XI made of club captain. (Current players)
That's a good idea 👍
@@kurt5079 With a second video on best captain xi ever.
Is there anyway you could post these videos as podcasts on Spotify?
Paul Kagame has positively changed the lives of Rwandans. Lets appreciate that!!!!!!
IT'S CALLED MARKETING A COUNTRY
It’s not a sponsorship. It’s a dare. “Visit Rwanda. We f-ing dare you.”
Rwanda's actually a nice country and one of the fastest developing in Africa.
It’s also one of the lowest crime countries in Africa
I got a visit rwanda advert whilst watching this
I was so curious about this fact and now I get the video.
Thankful for it
Victor osiemh from Napoli is the most expensive African not pepe...
nah. Osimhen was 70 million euros. Pepe was 80 million euros (72 million pounds).
Now this is something : A video about one of the big clubs' sponsors XDD
If you consider a club's history and fanbase and history of trophies then yes arsenal is a big club. In terms of current performances and trophy haul then no.
@@sagnasswe2114 Yeah I judge it based on History lol
@@sagnasswe2114 I.e. the way "big club" has been defined forever... its only the last few years where stat nerds are taking over and they think you have to finish top 4 + win a trophy every year to be a big club 🙄
Open your eyes, the world is changing🤣 keep shining 🇷🇼
We Rwandans are happy of what our relationship is doing to improve ur own lives, we know more than anyone what we need most in national unit and development we stand.
This video reminds me of when I need to increase my word count for my essay
Hhhhhhhh u nailed the point
Rwanda are now one of Africa's richest countries Paul Kagame's led a business revival in Rwanda
He is a dictator who has had journalists and policital opponents murdered. His government is a massive human rights abuser.
The economy is growing rapidly and citizens are having a better standard of living than ever before, but Rwanda still isn't considered a "rich country", even by African standards. There is still a large proportion of people living in poverty, the GDP per capita is around the African average (though that isn't really a reliable stat as I came to realize) and the size of its economy is still very small, but I'm sure it won't stay that way for long.
I am from Rwanda and I can tell you that we are not poor and Kagame is the best president and we love him for all he has done for us, He literally saved us from destruction, I wouldn't be alive if he hadn't stopped the genocide
@@uriustosh lol is not Belgian government bro
th-cam.com/video/xX0ozxrZlEQ/w-d-xo.html this vid is really helpful about Rwanda, covers it in all places and is compared with Singapore
Thank you for Educating us
' educating'
Man what a lovely informative video....i love you🙄🙄
oh yeah. The country that has lived through every single war crime that exists.
Do Emirates fly to Rwanda. Crazy if not.
It’s the other way around: Rwandair flies to the Emirates and to England as well.
Very interesting.
Well done 👏
I wish you could upload more video on that because will help us to reach our target and people will like to come to visit our wonderful country