The African Volleyball Confederation is the continental governing body for the sports of volleyball in Africa. Its headquarters are located in Rabat, Morocco.
Janet Wanja is a volleyball player from Kenya, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #7 jersey. There she ended up in eleventh place with the Kenya women's national team.
Sport is an important element of Kenyan culture. Various indigenous traditional sports have prevailed in Kenyan culture from its earliest history. Some of the traditional games and sports prevalent in Kenya since antiquity have included wrestling, racing exercises, stick fights, hunting, board games, bull fights and dances.
The Kenya women's national volleyball team, the Malkia Strikers, represents Kenya in international volleyball competitions. Kenya has dominated the African continent since the 1990s, winning the Women's African Volleyball Championship a record of ten times. They have qualified three times for the Olympics; in 2000, 2004 and for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Kenya Pipeline was an association football club based in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2002 the team won the Kenyan Cup.
Leonidas Kamende was a Kenyan female volleyball player.
Mercy Moim is a Kenyan volleyball player. She played with the Kenya national team in the 2010 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship. She was team captain for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Catherine Mabwi is a Kenyan female volleyball player, and coach. She is currently the coach at Mpesa Foundation Academy.
Truphosa Lai is a retired Kenyan female volleyball player. She was part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team.
The Nigeria women's national volleyball team represents Nigeria in international women's volleyball competitions and friendly matches.
The Rwanda women's national volleyball team represents Rwanda in international women's volleyball competitions and friendly matches.
Triza Atuka is a Kenyan volleyball player. She is part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team. At club level she plays for the Kenya Pipeline Company team. In 2016, the Kenya Volleyball Federation awarded her their female Most Valuable Player award.
The 2018 Women's African Volleyball Clubs Championship was the 29th edition of the tournament organized by the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB). It took place between 4 and 15 of March and was held in Cairo, Egypt.
Noel Murambi is a Kenyan volleyball player. She is part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team. She participated at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup and at the 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix.
The 2019 Women's African Volleyball Clubs Championship was the 30th edition of the tournament organized by the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB). It took place between 16 and 25 of March and was held in Cairo, Egypt.
Kenya competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1956, having boycotted the 1976 Montreal and 1980 Moscow Games.
Paul Bitok is a Kenyan volleyball player and coach who leads the women's national team in Rwanda. He is the head coach of the Kenya women's national volleyball team which qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, although before their first match, Brazilian coach Luizomar de Moura was announced as Kenya's head volleyball coach.
Gaudencia Makokha is a Kenyan female volleyball player. She was part of the Kenya women's national volleyball team playing beach volleyball at the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics.
Naomi Too is a Kenyan female volleyball player in the Kenya women's national volleyball team.
Priscilla Agera is a Nigerian volleyball player who played in the Nigeria Customs Service Women's Team and the Nigeria women's national volleyball team.
