Nigerian IT Billionaire Buys Danish Football Club

Paystack co-founder Shola Akinlade has bought a 55% stake in
Danish second-division club Aarhus Fremad who are currently top of the Danish league and are on course for a promotion to the top division.

The Nigerian IT billionaire also founded Nigeria National League side Sporting Lagos in 2022 who will now have a partnership with the Danish club as a launchpad for young Nigerian players to move to Europe.

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The deal would also help Sporting Lagos build some sporting principles and set up an academy as Akinlade becomes the fifth foreigner to own a club in Denmark