Member Associations like Football Kenya Federation are expected to receive approximately USD8 million from FIFA for football development and operational support.
This action followed after the 2022 FIFA Annual Report was approved. It was highlighted that the world football governing body made a record-breaking revenue of USD 7.6 billion during the 2019-2022 cycle and expects to make USD 11 billion during the 2023-2026 period.
This grant to member associations signifies a 29 percent increase from the previous cycle. FIFA President Gianni Infantino said “Fifa’s unprecedented investment in football is the result of our solid financial transparency and stands as a concrete example of how we are aiming to make football truly global. The launch of Fifa Forward 3.0 means that we can do so by providing support for development projects, hand-in-hand with the six Confederations and the 211 Fifa Member Associations. Over this four-year cycle, there will be an increase in investment in Forward of 29 percent compared to the previous period, and that means that solidarity payments have now increased by a factor of seven in the space of just seven years”.
Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura also commended the inaugural Africa Schools champion cup that was held in Congo in 2022. She said, “It was my pleasure to be at Kinshasa’s Stade des Martyrs in February to witness the inaugural staging of the Africa Schools Champions Cup, organized by Fifa with support from CAF and the African Union. For many of the players, their journey was the first outside their own country, an occasion on which to learn and make new friends through the beautiful game. Our belief in football’s place at the heart of education is unwavering.”
In the same vein, The Fifa council confirmed the inaugural 32-team Club World Cup in the summer of 2025 will feature four African clubs, four from Asia, four from the Concacaf region, six from South America, one from Oceania, 12 from Europe, and one as a tournament host.
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