Retired Olympian launches first African Sports
Nutrition Supplement Company
The critical choice many athletes face in life after an active sports career in the limelight is what to do after the lights dim and the cheering dies down.
We know of many instances where ex-athletes have gone flat broke after years of earning millions of dollars and are left in limbo to figure out what happens then for the rest of their lives, because alongside going broke, they then realize that while the going was good they forgot to prepare themselves for life after sports.
Meet Drew ‘Olympian’ Reyes; a former Olympian turned business man who just launched the first African Sports Supplement and Nutrition Company.
Originally from Liberia; Drew a US Citizen who resides in California is not just an innovator and business man at heart but also a caring and concerned entrepreneur who has a unique perspective on the sports industry that could be very beneficial to sports globally and particularly on the African Continent.
African Sports Monthly was recently able to catch up with Drew to talk about his new company and the concept of sports nutrition in Africa.
ASM: There is so much lacking in the sports industry in Liberia and Africa in general, why start with a nutritional supplement business?
Drew: The poverty in Africa is extreme and widespread. Children face several life challenges including wars and violence, lack of clean water, food and safe housing and diseases. There are millions of orphans in Africa who have lost their parents to violence