{"id":6493,"date":"2025-08-13T02:33:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=6493"},"modified":"2026-04-19T14:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T17:53:10","slug":"sierra-leones-first-virtual-english-premier-league-fantasy-game-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/sierra-leones-first-virtual-english-premier-league-fantasy-game-launched","title":{"rendered":"Sierra Leone\u2019s first virtual English Premier League fantasy game launched"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Free-to-play EPL digital game with exciting weekly and monthly prizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Sierra Leone.- Africell<\/strong> has launched Sierra Leone\u2019s first official virtual Fantasy Premier League<\/strong> game as the 2025\/2026 English Premier League <\/strong>(EPL) season kicks off this week. The free-to-play competition lets fans nationwide manage virtual squads based on real EPL match results, with weekly and monthly rewards up for grabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a dynamic online football game<\/strong>, where fans skip the pitch and manage digital teams, with scores driven by real EPL match data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The recent launch brought together enthusiastic employees and football fans at telecom giant Africell’s headquarters, reflecting the company\u2019s passion for joining people together with sports and online <\/strong>activities in Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abdul Aziz Kamara<\/strong>, Media Relations Team Lead at Africell, said: \u201cFantasy Premier League is a free online football management game that mirrors real-life English Premier League performance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The objective is to construct a fantasy 15-man squad<\/strong>, two goalkeepers, five defenders, five midfielders and three forwards within an overall budget of \u00a3100m. Points are incremented or deducted based on real-match stats<\/strong> in the form of goals, assists, clean sheets, yellow cards, own goals and missed penalties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Managers must also choose a captain, whose points are doubled, and a vice-captain, who steps in if the captain does not play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kamara explained the game\u2019s strategic depth<\/strong>. \u201cPlayers can make one free transfer each game week, with extra transfers costing points. Managers can also deploy tactical \u2018chips\u2019 such as Wildcard, Triple Captain, Bench Boost and Free Hit to shake up the competition over the season\u2019s 38 game weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free to play with weekly and monthly prizes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To make the game accessible to players across Sierra Leone, there are no entry fees<\/strong>. Africell\u2019s Marketing Communications Manager, Kamanda Koroma, said: \u201cIt is a real-time, data-driven competition that is open to everyone, with no entry fee. We\u2019ve designed the Africell FPL to be as fair and rewarding<\/strong> as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Africell\u2019s team kicks off Sierra Leone\u2019s first Fantasy Premier League launch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Koroma also revealed the exciting prizes on offer: weekly winners will receive a Yamix bundle, including SMS top-ups, data packages and a free one-month Startimes subscription.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monthly champions will receive NLe3,500 (\u20ac15) and a custom jersey of their favourite Premier League team. At season\u2019s end, the top five managers will share cash prizes, with the champion taking home NLe100,000 (\u20ac430).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Players can play for free<\/strong> but must have an active Afrimoney account<\/strong> and a registered Africell SIM to stand a chance of winning prizes. Africell keeps the excitement going throughout the whole season by sending updates and fresh content on WhatsApp, social media<\/strong> and podcasts that keep the players interested and wanting to play.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tSee also:<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Ghana launches first national esports league<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Free-to-play EPL digital game with exciting weekly and monthly prizes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2809,"featured_media":6498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Africell has launched Sierra Leone's inaugural official virtual Fantasy Premier League game, a free-to-play, data-driven competition offering weekly, monthly, and seasonal prizes. This strategic initiative leverages sports engagement to drive customer acquisition and retention, requiring an active Afrimoney account and Africell SIM for prize eligibility.","focusai_entities":"Africell, Abdul Aziz Kamara, Kamanda Koroma, English Premier League, Startimes, Yamix","focusai_location":"Sierra Leone, Ghana","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), product_ux (0.8), tech_data (0.8), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Monetization Strategy","query":"Beyond direct prize sponsorship, what are Africell's long-term monetization strategies for this free-to-play fantasy sports platform, particularly concerning data consumption and Afrimoney transaction volumes?"},{"label":"Regulatory Compliance","query":"What specific regulatory compliance frameworks govern the offering of cash and non-cash prizes within a free-to-play digital game in Sierra Leone, and how does Africell ensure adherence to these guidelines?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60017,60012],"tags":[60443],"class_list":["post-6493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sportsbetting-news","category-west-africa","tag-fantasy-premier-league"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2809"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6493"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6518,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6493\/revisions\/6518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}