Niger's most successful club Sahel SC have appointed Ghanaian businessman Alhaji Salam Amadu as vice president.
The Niamey-based side has signed the entrepreneur on for three years, which will run until February, 2013.
A statement: ''We are confident that your contribution will take us further in our journey towards modernizing our infrastructure and reaching CAF Champions League Group stages.''
Amadu is the CEO/Chairman of Afro Arab Group of Companies.
He won the award for the Banking and Finance category of the 2019 40 Under 40 Awards with his Afro-Arab Microfinance Company Limited, a Tier-2 microfinance.
Last year, Amadu constructed an artificial football pitch at Nima-christened the Emirates Arena- which has a five-a-side pitch with a sitting capacity of 600.