Friedrich Naumann Foundation Kenya

14/07/2026

The future of democracy depends on informed, principled, and prepared leaders.

Through political education and leadership training in Kenya's Coast Region, Friedrich Naumann Foundation Kenya brought together members of the Orange Democratic Movement ODM 🍊 Youth League to strengthen issue-based politics and democratic leadership ahead of the 2027 elections. The training focused on young members intending to vie for political seats.

Hassan Mbangwe Athumani Suleiman Shahbal Judie Kaberia

07/07/2026

Über die Förderung des populären Ballsports kann nachhaltige Entwicklung erreicht werden – und Einfluss genommen werden. Warum Deutschland eine Fußballstrategie für Afrika braucht.

Über die Förderung des populären Ballsports kann nachhaltige Entwicklung erreicht werden – und Einfluss genommen werden. Warum Deutschland eine Fußballstrategie für Afrika braucht.

07/07/2026

Football connects people long before politics does.

Our new publication, Beyond the Pitch: Football as a Bridge Between Germany and Africa, looks at football as more than sport. It is a space for youth opportunity, soft power, local ownership, economic potential, and stronger Germany-Africa cooperation.

Read the publication and explore why the future of partnership may also be written on the pitch.

Download here:
English: https://www.freiheit.org/de/node/53450
German: https://www.freiheit.org/de/publikation/jenseits-des-rasens

26/06/2026

How should development cooperation adapt to a world shaped by geopolitical rivalry, shifting alliances and stronger agency from the Global South? The emerging answer: credible partnerships must align values, interests and tangible outcomes.

25/06/2026

Political competition should never be treated as treason.

Following her deportation from Uganda, Kenyan Senior Counsel Martha Karua speaks to Ms. Inge Herbert, Regional Director of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, about the rule of law, fair trial rights, advocate-client confidentiality, and the shrinking space for opposition politics in East Africa.

This is not only about one case. It is about the institutions that protect every citizen.

Watch the interview.

23/06/2026

The future of development cooperation will be judged by results not intentions

23/06/2026

The future of development coperation is entrepreneurshio. We need less training and more actual meaningful partnerships -Chebet Mutai, CEO, Wazawazi

23/06/2026

“Today Modern Development Policy is a Cooperation between creative people in the Global North and in the Global South,” Prof Karl-Heinz Paque’, President of Liberal International, Berlin

23/06/2026

“How should we change development cooperation? First it must be a win- win situation for both sides based on partnerships and interests. We also need a much more fairer finance system which does not disadvantage anyone,” Inge Herbert, Regional Director for Sub-Saharan Africa at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF).