A team of three Ghanaian sports journalists, including Class91.3FM’s Sports Editor, Kwame Dwomoh-Agyemang, has arrived in Dortmund, Germany to embark on a 5-day media tour of the German Bundesliga.

The team, which also comprises Joy FM’s Gary Al Smith and Sena Akoto Ampaw of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), is expected to go through a series of activities and seminars to broaden the members’ understanding of football and the management of the game in the German space.

The trio would be lodging at the Steigenberger Hotels and Resorts in Dortmund where a huge part of their tour will be based.

The exercise, which is a collaboration between leading broadcast giants in sub-Saharan Africa, StarTimes and Bundesliga officials, is aimed at providing top journalists from Africa with information about the competition as well as behind-the-scenes experiences.

The programme, which is in its third year, would have journalists from across the continent and beyond, from La Cote d’Ivoire, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Holland, Finland, Sweden and hosts Germany.

The exercise will commence on Friday, 18 October 2019, with a Bundesliga workshop and a visit to the German Football Museum. This will be followed by a tour of the Borussia Dortmund Academy as well as the famous Signal Iduna Park.

The journalists will also have the opportunity to meet and have discussions with the Assistant to the Managing Director of Wolfsburg, Steffen Hillmann, as well as the Managing Director of Borrusia Dortmund, Carsten Cramer.

The two will take the opportunity to explain to the journalists and the StarTimes team their modes of operation, culture, how they organise fans, ticketing and many more.

The team would also be treated to the artistry of German football with a top Bundesliga game between Borussia Dortmund and league leaders Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday, 19 October 2019.

They would then move to Frankfurt and continue with a trip to Hoffenheim where they will enjoy another Bundesliga game between TSG Hoffenheim and FC Schalke. They will also observe the clash between Eintracht Frankfurt and VFB Stuttgart on Sunday before wrapping up their stay on Monday.

The tour is expected to provide the journalists from various African countries an appreciable understanding of the operations of the Bundesliga and to carry with them ambassadorial tasks for the Bundesliga as it seeks to rediscover its lost glory on the African continent.