Infrastrategy

In my previous article, I fronted schools as the way to go when it comes to football development. I mentioned that one of the reasons this strategy will work is that most schools already have the required infrastructure, the key component being an open space usually marked with two goal posts facing each other. Infrastructure is indeed a key component in any development agenda, and it is not any different when it comes to sports, especially football. That is why I came up with a new word ‘infrastrategy’. Hopefully one day I will define this word and it will make it to the Oxford Dictionary of Language. For now I will just explore the idea behind the word.*   (more…)

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Children attend the FIFA Football Festival in Mogadishu, Somalia, on August 19. FIFA, having had no presence in Somalia for the last 26 years, today held its first training session in Mogadishu since the country fell into civil war. Illegal under al Shabab, football has made a huge comeback in Somalia, with Mogadishu's streets literally filling up with children each afternoon as they come out to play the game. AU UN IST PHOTO / TOBIN JONES.

A Strategy for Growth and Development

Late last year Football Kenya Federation launched the 10-year strategic plan for the development of football in Kenya. I have not managed to trace the document but I have read references to the same. One of the key proposals by the federation is to have an expanded premier league, from 16 to 18 teams; an approach that seeks to give more players a chance to grow and develop the standard and quality of the game. This is currently a major bone of contention in a war pitting the federation on one side and the Kenyan Premier League on the other, but that is a story for another day. This article aims to propose a strategy for football development in Kenya and Africa as a whole. (more…)

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