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Airtel Rising Stars is a youth football initiative undertaken by Airtel Africa. This programme, launched in 2011 is a soccer talent programme that aims to focus on identifying and nurturing budding soccer talent from the grassroots onto an international stage. The programme targets both boys and girls between the ages of 13 – 17. The boys and girls are encouraged to form teams and register at selected locations including Airtel shops where they are then entered into the tournament on qualification. ==History== Airtel Rising Stars was launched in 2011 in 15 countries in Africa. These are 15 out of the 17 African countries that Airtel has operations in. Airtel Rising Stars runs in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, DRC, Niger, Madagascar and Gabon. In 2011 each of the countries produced a top boys winning team and a top girls winning team (except in Niger and Madagascar which had boys teams only.) In addition to this, each country selected, throughout the tournament, top 3 – 6 players who proceeded to attend a 1 week football clinic by professional football coaching staff. In 2011, Airtel partnered with Manchester United Football Club to enhance and support the Airtel Rising Stars programme. This 4-year partnership is extended into 11 of the 15 countries (Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo Brazaville, DRC, Niger, Madagascar and Gabon). This partnership culminates every year with the top 3 – 6 players in each of the countries being inducted in a 1 week football training camp run by Manchester United Soccer Schools. In 2011 these took place in Tanzania and Gabon. The other 4 countries (Nigeria, Zambia, Uganda and Ghana) attended a football camp by professional football coaches from Forward Zone in South Africa. This year (2012) an additional element has been introduced; there will be an inter country tournament where each country will have their top boys team and top girls team battle it out in the Africa Airtel Rising Stars Championship, set for end of August 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Airtel Football」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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