CAF President Dr. Patrice Motsepe will be in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday and Tuesday, 11 and 12 May 2026, to attend the Africa Forward Summit. He arrived in Nairobi on Sunday evening and is accompanied by CAF acting secretary general Samson Adamu, among other senior officials.
Dr Motsepe is scheduled to address the Summit on Monday afternoon. The forum brings together leaders from across Africa to showcase the continent’s innovation capacity and reinforce a shared commitment to developing practical and mutually beneficial solutions anchored on effective multilateralism and transformative partnerships.
The Summit is expected to promote a more balanced and equitable global partnership grounded in Africa’s agency in addressing emerging regional and global challenges as well as advancing sustainable development. Kenya is one of three countries alongside Tanzania and Uganda that will co-host the CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in June and July 2027, Africa’s premier football tournament.
During his visit, Dr Motsepe will also hold high-level meetings with officials from the three co-host nations to review preparations for the competition.
Despite ongoing debate over the region’s readiness to stage the continental tournament, Motsepe has maintained confidence in the co-hosts and their ability to deliver a successful event. He has consistently stressed CAF’s commitment to expanding football development across Africa through infrastructure growth and wider hosting opportunities.
I have a duty to develop football all over Africa. I can’t have competitions in just four countries where you’ve got the infrastructure. You’ve got to create opportunities for other countries to build infrastructure at World Cup level, we want them and develop football in those countries as well. I am confident that AFCON in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania will be enormously successful. We will have challenges, but that is why I insisted on having CHAN last year.
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His visit also comes at a time of tension within Kenyan football leadership, with reported divisions between FKF President Hussein Mohammed and a section of National Executive Committee members. It remains unclear whether Motsepe will intervene in the matter or leave the local leadership to resolve their internal issues.