Join forces with the world championship

For nine days, Pretoria holds the largest gathering of university debaters on earth. Partners who stand with us are not buying a logo on a banner — they are helping build a championship the whole circuit can actually reach.

Why partner with us

A global stage, rooted in Ubuntu

WUDC is the world universities debating championship. Tshwane 2028 is that championship hosted by three African organisations, on a single campus, with the largest scholarship commitment in the tournament’s history.

Reach

The room is the world

Around 2,000 participants from every inhabited continent, living and debating in Pretoria for nine days — plus the digital audience that follows WUDC year-round.

People

Future decision-makers

Debaters become lawyers, journalists, organisers, public servants and founders. A partnership here sits in the memory of the people who will run the next twenty years.

Story

Africa, at full strength

This is not a satellite event. It is the world championship, hosted in Tshwane, under Ubuntu. Partners help prove that excellence and access belong on the same stage.

27 Dec – 4 Jan

Nine days on one campus

2,000

Participants expected

$55,000+

Independent scholarship fund

134

Embassies in Pretoria

Why join forces

The championship is already a coalition

University of Pretoria Debating Union, Gauteng Debate and Think Uhuru are hosting this together because none of us could deliver it at the scale the circuit deserves. Partners become the fourth pillar of that work.

Brands & business

Be visible where it matters

Campus, socials, registration, and the rooms themselves. A partnership can mean travel, tech, food, connectivity, or a named scholarship stream — with your name on the thing students actually use.

Government & city

Show Tshwane to the globe

Pretoria is South Africa’s diplomatic capital. Hosting WUDC is a chance to put the city, the province and the country’s youth story in front of visitors from 70+ countries.

Universities & foundations

Invest in who gets to speak

Scholarships, development programmes and first-time nations are the difference between a closed circuit and a genuine world championship. Education partners write that difference.

Debate organisations

Build the circuit beyond one week

National unions, regional bodies and sister tournaments: join us on adjudication development, mentorship for new nations, and the long work after the grand final.

How a partnership can look

We will build the package with you

Presenting partner

The name beside Tshwane WUDC 2028 across the championship, with first right on flagship moments.

Official partner

Category rights — travel, technology, hospitality, education, media — with activation on campus and online.

Scholarship partner

Fund a region, a language community, or first-time institutions, and meet the people your support puts in the room.

In-kind partner

Venues, meals, transport, connectivity, print, or people. If it helps us host well, we want to talk.

Partnerships are independent of the scholarship fund’s governance. Money given to scholarships is not a substitute for, or a claim on, competitive outcomes.

Start a conversation

If you believe the world championship should be reachable, we should be talking.

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