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Essayas Jira (right), head of the Ethiopian Football Federation, and Daryl Wilson, managing director of Coca Cola Beverages Africa

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Essayas Jira (right), head of the Ethiopian Football Federation, and Daryl Wilson, managing director of Coca Cola Beverages Africa, shake hands at an event at Sheraton Addis on May 3, 2022, partnering to start the tour of the Fifa World Cup trophy in Ethiopia before it goes to Qatar for the 2022 world tournament.

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