"""The image of Africa is often one of poverty and conflict, but there is another reality,"" added Miliband at the time of the deal's signing. ""The African Investment Bank estimates there are 300 million middle-class people in Africa. This is the biggest international venture in the club's history."" Sunderland midfielder Craig Gardner is pictured here at the sponsorship launch."
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