BEA Mountain Pledges $50,000 to Boost Lone Star's AFCON Qualifying Campaign
Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia (file photo, 2012) - the Lone Star's home ground. Photo: blk24ga, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Mining company BEA Mountain has committed $50,000 to Liberia's national football team as it prepares for a demanding AFCON 2027 qualifying group featuring Mali, Cape Verde and Rwanda.
BEA Mountain Mining Corporation has pledged $50,000 to support Liberia's national football team as the Lone Star prepares for its Africa Cup of Nations 2027 qualifying campaign, adding to a growing list of private-sector contributions to a federation that has publicly flagged a multimillion-dollar funding gap.
Company leadership said the pledge is meant to "strengthen the Lone Star's preparations and qualification campaign," positioning the contribution as part of a broader commitment to Liberian sport rather than a one-off gesture. BEA Mountain already operates its own football academy dedicated to identifying and developing young Liberian talent, and two of its academy products, Ralph Weah and Ashley Williams, currently play for the senior national team.
President Joseph Boakai has previously acknowledged BEA Mountain's expanding investment in youth development and sports infrastructure, and the company's pledge follows a similar $50,000 commitment from BEA Mountain rival operators in the extractives sector as pressure mounts on Liberian businesses to help close the gap between what the Liberia Football Association says it needs and what government funding currently covers.
The financial backing arrives as the Lone Star faces a competitive Group K draw alongside Mali, Cape Verde and Rwanda, with the added complication of a pending CAF inspection that could determine whether Liberia is even allowed to host its qualifiers at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex. For a federation trying to end a 24-year absence from the AFCON finals, corporate pledges like BEA Mountain's address only part of the equation: money helps cover preparation costs, but stadium certification and venue access remain out of any single sponsor's hands.