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In April 2023, the National Football League (NFL), through the NFL Africa flagship, arrived at Kenya's Moi Sports Centre Kasarani Stadium with several renowned players in a bid to popularise American football not only in Kenya but throughout Africa. West African countries, in particular, have become hotbeds of emerging talent in the sport, with Ghana and Nigeria producing some of the finest players in the NFL. Kenya was next on the list…

The biggest Kenyan prospect to play in the NFL is Daniel Adongo, a former rugby player at Strathmore University, who moved to the USA where he played for the Indianapolis Colts as an outside linebacker until 2015.

The three-day camp in Kenya brought together 29 prospects aged 16-21, from African nations including Cameroon, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria and Senegal, to take part in an NFL Combine-style camp to

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