KCB Bank to sponsor African Volleyball coaches’ seminar

The Kenya Commercial Bank has on Monday announced it will inject Ksh 2 million to sponsor the 5^th edition of Confederation of African Volleyball coaches’ seminar.

The continental event brings together 40 international and 30 local coaches for three days of high performance training.

The event will take place in Kenya from 1^st – 5^th March 2019 at the KCB leadership Centre in Karen Nairobi.

KCB Group Head of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs Judith Sidi Odhiambo said the seminar is vital for the growth of the sport in Africa.

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“As KCB Bank Kenya, we are delighted to spearhead the process of improving the continental volleyball standards to enable us compete fairly with other global volleyball giants”, said Judith.

Kenya Volleyball Federation Chairman Mr. Waithaka Kioni lauded KCB for their sports sponsorship in volleyball in the region.

“We are grateful to KCB Bank Kenya for their support in volleyball over the years. This seminar will help improve the skills of our coaches with new coaching methodologies and systems”, said Waithaka.

The participants are expected to jet into the Country on Friday afternoon ahead of the events opening ceremony on Saturday morning at the KCB leadership Centre. The seminar will be run on Saturday, Sunday and Monday with varied sessions.

FIVB Italian top instructor Mauro Berruto and CAVB Coaches Commission President Sherif El Shemerly will instruct and direct the 3-day high performance coaching seminar.

The 70 coaches are drawn from Kenya, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon Congo, Egypt, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia and Uganda among other countries.