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 struck me.…
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. Kenya will…
Seven years ago, I left the comfort and predictability of formal employment to pursue a vision: to serve Africa’s youth using my gifts, intellect, and love for football. Recently, a…
The recent news of Rwanda launching an official bid to host a Grand Prix in the future has been met with excitement in African sports circles. Seven-time F1 world champion…
I thought it was a bathroom, but as I took in my constrained surroundings, I realised it was not a friendly place. I shifted my body and got up. I…
You often don't get to have dinner at the Hilton Hotel, especially not on a student budget! In the final semester of our degree programme at the University of Nairobi,…
It just occurred to me that Kenya was once an African football powerhouse going by CAF records. For some reason, I thought the constant complaining about the state was our…
She asked me which team I used to play for. I started to explain that I was not one of the legends, "I run The Football Foundation for Africa. It's an organisation.."
By Odindo AyiekoWhen his friend, a former teammate at Strathmore University football club was gunned down by police five years ago in Tanzania on suspicion of engaging in criminal activities,…
Back when I was a boy, about eight or nine years old, video games were a rare spectacle. Few households owned a console, Atari, Nintendo or SEGA. Therefore, it was…