The first edition of Ligue Ndaye Mutumbula (LNM) will be held from August 1 to 13, 2023, in Kinshasa. This announcement was made last Wednesday during a ceremony which brought together some fifty private sector leaders and public decision-makers in the Congolese capital.
This Major International Sporting Event (GES) is an inclusive and unique street football competition that will bring together 10 teams each made up of 12 amateur players who are at least 16 years old, including a minimum of one third of women.
According to the Commissioner of the League Ndaye Mutumbula, Roger Musandji, the LNM will be organized on event sites designed to offer a localized immersive experience that promotes Congolese urban culture and will deploy a digital and audiovisual device capable of amplifying the
reach of the event by facilitating access to a pan-African and diaspora audience.
“With more than 100,000 neighborhood teams, Kinshasa is a city that breathes football. Similarly, Kinshasa is also a megalopolis of more than 5 million inhabitants whose urban culture influences the world. We see this in areas such as music or fashion. It is therefore natural that this city should see the birth of a League of sportainment which combines both the king of sport as it is practiced massively in the streets and entertainment which makes it possible to create a healthy and family leisure, “he said. declared.
For his part, Thierry Mulamba, son of Zairian glory, hailed this vision which bears the name of the record holder for the number of goals in an edition of the African Cup of Nations (CAN) with 9 goals in 6 games during the edition. 1974 in Egypt.
“Our family is moved and delighted to see that our father’s legacy will continue. Through the NML, his name and career will be introduced to a new generation in Africa and
in the diaspora who did not know of his exploits,” says the representative of the Pierre Ndaye Mulamba family.
In addition, the president of the Union of Congolese Footballers (UFC) and former Congolese international, Herita Ilunga said that the LNM is part of an African sports sector whose weight of 11 billion euros in Africa will grow. by 6.4% in the next 5 years.
“The sports sector in Africa is changing. To take advantage of this boom, we must be able to create an ecosystem that puts the Fan experience at the center as well as an approach that includes and benefits all players in the sports value chain such as players, media , private actors and institutional actors. With its localized and consensual approach, this is the bet we all want to win from the Ndaye Mutumbula League,” concludes the former DRC Leopard.
It should be noted that the Ndaye Mutumbula League (LNM) is a major international sporting event (GESI) of street football, an inclusive and unprecedented competition. The LNM will bring together 10 teams each made up of 12 amateur players who are at least 16 years old, including a minimum of one third of women. This will make it one of the few mixed football competitions in the world.
Beyond street football, the LNM aims to become an unmissable event for the sports entertainment industry in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa, thus contributing to the influence of Congolese urban culture and its actors. The LNM will gather throughout the 3 days of festivities, a young and family audience of 45,000 people across the city of Kinshasa (3,000 people on site and 40,000 people in partner fan zones).
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