The 18th edition of the Uganda Intercontinental Badminton Problem has teed off this Thursday 24th February at the MTN Indoor stadium in Lugogo.

A whole of 39 international locations from diverse continents throughout the globe have graced the 2022 championship hosted by Uganda Badminton Affiliation (UBA) in Kampala.

UBA’s Chief Executive Officer Simon Mugabi believes the championship will current market the web hosting nation a whole lot and expects Ugandan gamers to reward from it as the Commonwealth and Olympic game titles draw closer.

“Our players are heading to profit from it because it has received all the players from all above the world and they are hugely rated, so it is pretty good for them as they develop up in direction of the Commonwealth games and the Olympics coming on.”

Mugabi produced the remarks right after getting Two million sponsorship strengthen (Shs.2000,000) from Emperor Motors, the recently appointed sellers in Uganda to grow the sector share of Ashok Leyland.

“In phrases of advertising and marketing Uganda, I imagine we have finished a ton mainly because for the very last several months, it is badminton promoting Uganda on the planet scenes and all the countries are coming here to see that they can be capable to just take the concept from Uganda again to their households.”

Unveiling the sponsorship, Emperor Motors’ head of Internet marketing, Sandra Nakiwala maintains that their contribution is made in the direction of facilitating the are living streaming of the online games until the closure of enterprise on Sunday.

“We are dedicated to supporting the improvement of nearby sporting activities in Uganda. These days we begin the journey to achieving to accomplishing this aspiration by partnering with Uganda Badminton Affiliation.”

The enhancement arrives a day immediately after the badminton affiliation gained Shs. 5.000,000 from Lender of Baroda.

The four-working day championship has nations around the world such as Australia, The us, Canada, Scotland, Ukraine, Slovakia, Belgium, Italy and African nations including Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Mauritius, hosts Uganda and others.

Ugandan players will goal at accumulating global seeding factors for this year’s commonwealth video games in Birmingham, United Kingdom as nicely as the 2024 Olympic games in Paris.

The prime executing nations will have property a hefty income prize from the whole kitty of 15000 bucks and worldwide seeding factors which tally to 4000 for the winner.

The closing ceremony on Sunday 27th will be presided more than by Indian Large Commissioner Shri Ajay Kumar.