Nigeria’s leading kit manaufacturer, OWU Sportswear is set to take a bold step on the continent as the CEO of the Nigerian brand, Tunji Brown has revealed that discussion is at advance stage to kit clubs in Kenya, Ghana and Cameroon. Named as the best Sportswear brand in Nigeria by the League Bloggers Award, OWU Sportswear has continued to raise the bar in the domestic scene, after signing its first kit deal with one of Nigeria’s biggest football brand, Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) in 2010, the Lagos base outfit has grown to kit more than half of the 20 teams in Nigeria elite league and still has strong presence in the lower league, the amateur leagues and in grassroot football.

“In terms of acceptance, it has been good and we are actually growing if we consider where we started from with a Nigerian elite league club, Shooting Stars in 2010. Now in 2017 in the Premier League, we have six clubs that wear our kits and before the season runs out we are likely to have one more club join the OWU brand. In the Nigeria National League (second tier league in Nigeria) we have 10 clubs signed to the OWU kits. So it’s obvious that we are doing fine,” OWU Sportswear CEO, Tunji Brown told Footyalert. “We don’t only have presence in the top two leagues in Nigeria alone, in a few weeks time we shall announce some clubs in the amateur division and going by various competitions that we kit as well it’s obvious that we have a presence in the 36 states in the country and including the Federal capital, Abuja so based on that I will consent to the fact we are doing well.”

With all the manufacturing process done in their Lagos factory, the OWU Sportswear brand has opened discussions with clubs in Kenya, Ghana and Cameroon in a move to spread through the African continent. “Very soon, Africa will see the brand, OWU because the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) All Stars U17 currently participating in an international competition in South Africa have OWU kits on them. We are in discussions with teams in Kenya, Ghana and in Cameroon. So as soon as we sort out the details then we shall go live in those countries I mentioned.”