New Hera Interconnection and Kayole Starlets FC have agreed a partnership aimed at creating stronger international pathways and development opportunities for women’s football talent in Kenya.
Under the agreement, both organisations will work together to connect emerging players with international opportunities, strengthen player development structures at the club, and build a sustainable route for talented women to progress within the global game.
A Club That Already Produces Players
Kayole Starlets FC competes in the FKF Women Premier League, the top tier of Kenyan women’s football, and has established itself as one of the country’s most recognisable women’s clubs.
The club has moved four players into professional football abroad within a single season. That record is the reason this partnership exists: the talent and the development work are already there, and what a structured international network adds is reach.
What the Partnership Covers
- Connecting emerging players with international opportunities through New Hera Interconnection’s network of clubs and academies.
- Strengthening the club’s player development structures and technical support.
- Building a sustainable pathway, so that progression abroad becomes a repeatable process rather than an individual stroke of luck.
- Increasing the visibility of the squad in markets where recruitment decisions are made.
Why Women’s Football, and Why Now
African women’s football has immense potential, and the limiting factor is rarely the quality of the players. It is the absence of platforms through which that quality can be seen, developed and rewarded beyond the local environment.
This partnership is built to address exactly that gap.
Statement from Martí Arimany, CEO of New Hera Interconnection
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“In men’s football the route out of Kenya is difficult. In women’s football, for the most part, it does not exist. That is not a talent problem. Kayole Starlets has moved four players into professional football abroad in a single season, and it has done so largely on its own. Our job here is not to discover anybody — it is to make sure that the players this club is already producing are seen by the people who can sign them. We have spent two years building bridges for young Kenyan footballers. This is the same work, applied where it is needed most.” |
What Comes Next
Both organisations will begin work immediately on the first joint actions of the partnership, with details to be announced through their official channels.