The Diary of a Bald Black Man

The “IT professional” turned sports entrepreneur serving Africa’s youths through education and football.

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When Football Leaves the Pitch: AFCON 2025 and the Institutional Test for African Football

The decision by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to strip Senegal of the AFCON 2025 title and award it to Morocco — two months after Senegal won the final 1-0...

Class of ’96: The Ball, The Boy, and the Beginnings

Watching the new Netflix six-part series, Class of ’96, did something I didn’t expect. It took me back to South Africa’s triumph at the 1996 Africa Cup...

On Friendship, Excellence, and Building — Celebrating Edwin Seno

Edwin Seno does not make grand gestures. He shows up — quietly, consistently, and almost always at the right moment. There are friendships that begin loudly and fade with...

The Man Who Brought Me Maps

Seven years ago, I returned to Nairobi without fully knowing what I was coming back to build. I had a sense—an intuition, perhaps—that football could be something more...

Expandability: The Missing Dimension in African Talent Development

More than seven years into my journey in sports development, after leaving my IT career and the United Nations, I realised I lacked the language to describe what I had...

She Walks With Me Still

There are moments in life that never quite leave you. They don’t fade with time. They settle deep in your spirit, shaping who you become – quietly, powerfully. One...

Under the Turkana Skies

In Turkana, I am reminded that leadership often begins where certainty ends. My friend invited me to mentor the leaders of his football club, and I had mixed thoughts...

When the Game Doesn’t Stir Us: What CHAN Reveals About East Africa’s Quiet Disintegration

As I sat alone in a Nairobi bar, enjoying classic Congolese rumba and the company of waitstaff who’ve come to know me by presence rather than profile, something...

Point-Blank: Reflections on Kenya, Football, and Turning 41

This weekend marks a convergence that’s hard to ignore. On August 2nd, Tanzania hosts the opening of the African Nations Championship (CHAN). A day later, I turn 41...