Bob Munro       

Chairman of Mathare United Football Club, Nairobi, Kenya

Bob Munro is the Managing Director of XXCEL Africa Ltd. Since 1985, he has lived and worked in Africa as a senior adviser on environmental policy, water resources management and sustainable  development for African governments, regional development organizations and the United Nations.

He is the founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA), a self-help youth sports and community development project started in 1987 in one of Africa’s largest and poorest slums. He is also the Chairman of Mathare United, one of Kenya’s top and most popular football clubs, and is a Director and Vice Chairman of the Kenyan Premier League Ltd.

In 1999 Bob was awarded the Stromme Foundation “Help for Self-Help Prize” in Oslo.

To visit the Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA), please click here

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