15 Sep 2026

The Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) has secured a 10-year partnership with global sportswear giant, Nike valued at over P104 million. The deal, which runs from 2026 to 2036, marks a financial and technical boost for local sports.

According to the new agreement, Nike is the official technical partner for Team Botswana and it includes high-performance competition kits, training apparel, hospitality wear and lucrative performance incentives. 

Speaking at the launch in Gaborone on Monday, BNOC president, Tshepo Sitale said under the agreement, Nike would provide Team Botswana with world class, code specific competition kit, hospitality apparel, training wear, travel wear and podium uniforms.

“Comfort matters, fit matters, technology matters, freedom of movement matters, confidence matters at the highest level,” he said. 

Sitale said athletes must not be given generic clothing and asked to compete, adding that wherever technically possible, their apparel must respond to the specific demands of their sporting codes and the highest standards of international competition.

“A Team Botswana uniform is more than something an athlete wears.  It carries the colours of a country. It carries the sacrifices of coaches, families and communities. It carries the hopes of a nation. It must make every athlete feel prepared, respected, equal to any competitor and proud to represent Botswana,” he said.

Also, he said within the sponsorship, he said there was an element of rewarding excellence, as Nike was committed to recoginise achievement at the highest level.

The agreement, he said provided Olympic podium incentives of US$30,000 (over P400,000) for a gold medal, US$20,000 (over P270,000) for a silver medal and US$ 10,000 (over P135,000) for a bronze medal.

He said it also provided a structured incentive programme for medal winning performances at the Commonwealth Games with US$20,000 (over P270 000) for a gold medal, US$10,000 (over P135 000) for a silver medal and US$5,000 (over P60,000) for a bronze medal.

“This is over and above the Olympic Solidarity scholarship where we give our athletes US$600 (over P8,000) for males and US$750 (over P10,000) for their female counterparts,” he said. ENDS