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About Nairobi, Kenya

Everything here is built for girls.

Not adapted for them. Built for them, from the ground the sessions run on to the way we talk about a bad touch.

The squad lined up together before a match
A player in the purple Azidi shirt between drills
Two players stretching for the same ball
  1. 01

    Why girls only

    Plenty of girls will happily join a mixed session at seven and quietly stop turning up at twelve. Not because they got worse, but because the game stopped being theirs. An all-girls environment removes that question entirely. She is not the girl on the team. She is on the team.

  2. 02

    What development-focused actually means

    It means we measure her against herself. Can she receive on the half turn when she could not in January. Is she asking for the ball in places she used to hide from. Results are the by-product, and we are patient about them in a way a results-first setup cannot afford to be.

  3. 03

    Who it is for

    Girls from 4 to 17, at any level. Some arrive having never played a competitive match. Some arrive already good and looking for somewhere that will push them. Both belong, and the sessions are built so neither one is wasted.

What we are here for

Every girl has limitless potential.

It is on the badge for a reason. The whole academy is an argument for that sentence being true, and a programme designed to prove it one player at a time.

The short version

  • Where
    Nairobi, Kenya
  • Ages
    4 to 17
  • Who for
    Girls, every level
  • Focus
    Development first