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Sadiq started the Ultimate Frisbee Club (UFC) as a way to hang out with his friends, help them stay fit and explore a new sport for free.

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But over the years, the UFC has grown into a club of over 40 people in Lagos who come together to compete in the sport. 

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I first played Ultimate Frisbee in high school as a sports elective in my senior year. I had so much fun! Not only is it fun, but it’s also a great workout. 

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Building this club has not been so easy for Sadiq because Ultimate is not a mainstream sport in Nigeria and even across the world. So, growth has been a slow but steady process. 

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⁠⁠We’re a free sports club of like-minded individuals who want to play Ultimate Frisbee regularly.  We had a couple of one-off sessions a couple of years ago. But in 2023, I decided I wanted this to become a thing. But of course, first, it starts with educating people about what Ultimate Frisbee actually is. Most people didn’t know it was a real sport with professional leagues around the world.

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More than just a sports club

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The Ultimate Frisbee Club has grown from being just a sports club to being a tribe that does everything together from getting drinks to attending events that aren’t sports-related and most importantly, making new friends.

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⁠The greatest impact has been the cultivation of a community of friends. We meet up each week and sometimes we go out for drinks afterwards at Tiger Bar or Jamski. The more removed you are from university/school, the harder it is to make new friends. So this has been a godsend.

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From a small club to a tournament of 40 players

In December 2023, Sadiq organised the first frisbee tournament made up of four teams; Orange Otters, Purple Parrots, Green Geckos and the Red Thinos. 

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Quite colourful and wild names, right? 

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Although joining and playing in the UFC tournament was free, the club needed to raise funds to cover team jerseys and have medical personnel on standby in case of emergencies. The club members were more than happy to help out with the funds because of their love for the sport.

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Because we’re a free club, we don’t have any funds as a club. Last December, we decided to host our first-ever Ultimate Frisbee tournament. That meant that we had to raise funds from players as well as sponsors to cover team jerseys for 40 players and medical personnel. We had no way of easily collecting payments until I found out about Kora.

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To collect payments, Sadiq tried using the manual method by sending his bank account to the members of the club. But this was inefficient for him until he found Kora. 

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He used Kora to create a payment link and shared it on the club’s WhatsApp group and it made the donations smooth and seamless. 

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Using Kora also helped him build transparency because he could now export the finances of the community and share them with the rest of the organisers and sponsors. 

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With Kora, we were able to leverage our community of athletes across all our socials to raise a good amount of funds. Sponsors helped out with the rest!

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By using Kora, Sadiq is not just making donations seamless for members of the club, he’s also growing the UFC brand online and creating more awareness for Ultimate Frisbee in Lagos and Nigeria.

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