Safaricom Ethiopia has announced its sponsorship of the Women First 5km race, an annual women-only 5km run organized by the Great Ethiopian Run (GER) for the next three years.
The announcement made today will see the sponsorship commence with this year’s edition of the race, which is scheduled to take place on Sunday, March 26, 2023. Now in its 20th edition, the run is expected to attract over 15,000 runners.
As the title sponsor, the telecom operator will support the annual race, while UNICEF Ethiopia, Sink Malt, Dashen Bank, and Ethio Post are also among the other sponsors.
The women-only 5km run in Addis Ababa, was started in 2004, the same year as the Athens Olympics, to recognize the…
