StarTimes Ghana has initiated the process of settling its outstanding debt of over $800,000 owed to the Ghana Football Association (GFA) from its previous broadcasting agreement for the Ghana Premier League.
This was confirmed by the company’s Public Relations Officer, Eli Kondoh, in an interview with Joy Sports.
The five-year broadcasting partnership between StarTimes and the GFA expired prior to the recently concluded league season.
In the absence of a renewed contract, local TV coverage was handed over to AFA TV and Globe TV.Although there were reports of ongoing renegotiations during the season, the GFA officially announced in May that talks had collapsed.
According to the football association, the failure to agree on new terms stemmed from StarTimes’ inability to pay the remaining balance from the original $5.25 million deal signed in 2020.Kondoh, however, disclosed that part of the debt has been paid in recent weeks.
“If you’re owing somebody in excess of five million dollars and you pay as much, and it’s left with a little over eight hundred thousand dollars, it means that a lot of money has gone into the whole project,” Kondoh said.
“Just a few weeks ago, some amount of that outstanding balance has already been paid. So it means that StarTimes remains committed to the project of building Ghana football. “So yes, it started very well. It didn’t end badly either, and those outstanding amounts will also be cleared.”
Kondoh also disclosed that despite the collapse of renewal talks, StarTimes is still open to returning as a GFA broadcast partner.
“It might not be specifically the Ghana Premier League—or maybe just an aspect of the league—but there are talks ongoing. It could be production.
“So the talks are still in progress, and once they are finalised, I’m sure you’ll get hold of it, and then we can communicate to the viewers exactly the details of the new terms that might come up.”
