FKF Announces Jersey Design Competition With Ksh150K Prize: How To Apply

The Football Kenya Federation (FKF) on Tuesday, April 1 launched a jersey design competition giving Kenyan creeatives and designers a chance to design the Harambee Stars' national football team's next jersey.

"The Football Kenya Federation is happy to invite interested and eligible creatives and designers to participate in the Federation's 2025 Jersey Design Competition. This Competition aims to offer creatives a unique opportunity to be part of our national football teams' journey as they aim to represent the nation at the international stage," announced FKF in part in a statement.

For this round of designs, the Federation seeks to tap into Kenya's cultural or national significance, though it emphasized that the base design colours should, however reflect Kenya's national flag colours: Black, White, Red or Green.

This, the federation explained, will ensure that the jerseys maintain fidelity to the nationally recognized colours which have deed significance for the nation.

Harambee Stars players during a photoshoot with their home kit unveiled on August 28, 2024. /FOOTBALL KENYA FEDERATION

Submission Guidelines

The FKF Jersey Design Competition will run from Tuesday, April 1, 2025, to Tuesday, April 15, 2025. According to FKF, late submissions will not be accepted when the deadline lapses.

"Each candidate may submit only one (1) entry. Any attempt at canvassing or making "confidential" submissions shall lead to automatic disqualification. Creatives should provide a brief description of the facets incorporated in their designs and their relation or significance to football or the nation," added FKF.

"Each candidate will be restricted to a single entry, which must be the candidate's original piece created by the submitting candidate. Candidates must submit, as part of their submissions, a declaration that the submitted design has not been previously submitted to any other entity or competition."

Furthermore, submissions may be made either by way of a painting illustration or by a sample already overlayed onto a jersey.

Eligibility

The FKF 2025 Jersey Design Competition is open to all Kenyan citizens aged between 18 - 35 years.

Selection Process & Awards

FKF announced that it shall establish an independent committee which shall review all the entries to select the top three designs which FKF shall select.

FKF shall award the top three design creatives as follows: The overall winner will receive a Ksh150,000 cash prize, while the runner-up and second runner-up will receive Ksh100,000 and Ksh50,000, respectively. Candidates whose entries shall not be selected shall retain full rights over their concepts and designs.

The winning entrants will be required to sign a declaration form whereby they shall agree to undertake to transfer all copyrights and intellectual property rights in the designs to FKF.

"The entrants shall also be required to waive any claims to any royalties or revenue earned from the sale or use of the selected designs on national team jerseys or other FKF Merchandise," added FKF.

Submission Warranties

FKF announced that by entering the Jersey Design Competition, each entrant shall warrant that their entry does not contain any explicit or suggestive discriminatory, derogatory or profane content.

Moreover, their entry should not explicitly or implicitly promote any weapons, drugs, alcohol or tobacco use or any other harmful activity.

Also, any entry should not explicitly or suggestively contain any derogatory element, misrepresent or otherwise defame any national symbol.

"The entry does not contain trademarks or logos owned by others, does not advertise or promote any brand or product of any kind, without written permission of its owners, and does not contain any personal identifiers including names, e-mail addresses or street addresses;

"The entry does not contain any material whose copyright does not belong to the entrant without the written authority of the author," added FKF.