Host cities, venues, and dates for the 2024 BAL regular season announced
Host cities, venues, and dates for BAL’s expanded fourth season, which will feature a record 48 games in Pretoria, Cairo, Dakar, and Kigali, have been announced. Pre-season activities include the Combine in Rabat, a scouting program targeting 30 aspiring...
bird’s African Basketball Wrap: Kenya upsets Egypt at the FIBA Africa Cup 3×3 games,...
Kenya wins at the buzzer against Africa Cup’s reigning champion, Egypt; five-time NBA champion Ron Harper visits Africa for the first time as he participates in a Jr. NBA clinic and NBA Africa's Kenya office launch; and an Afrobasket...
NBA Africa expands in the East
The establishment of an office in East Africa rounds out the NBA's Africa-wide network and will help it target grassroots basketball.
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NBA Africa has established a subsidiary in Nairobi, adding a fifth office to a network...
NBA Africa’s first original docu-series “Born & Bred” premieres on the NBA app
NBA Africa has launched an inspiring documentary series that showcases the remarkable journeys of five promising NBA prospects. These young athletes share their stories, with insights from their families, friends, and coaches. Through this on-App series, viewers can witness...
South Africa to host ‘Kalahari Conference’ of the BAL – African basketball round-up
This month’s basketball news roundup includes: KPA going undefeated in the revamped FIBA Africa Women’s Championship Cup qualifiers and reclaiming the title, Stephane Konate retires at 43 after an illustrious career, among others.
Silalei Shani, bird story agency
For the first...
15 African players in the 2023/24 NBA
Africa's representation in the NBA continues to rise, both in terms of numbers of players and earning power. 15 African players and 35 players with African roots will participate in the new season.
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The 2023/24 NBA...
The World of African Basketball: Joel Embiid finally announces which flag he’ll play for...
Former Kenya women's basketball team captain and international commentator Silalei Shani provides all the latest moves and grooves in this week's The World of African Basketball.
by Silalei Shani, bird story agency
After applying for American citizenship in a move that...
African Basketball News: Senegal season wraps, South Sudan ranked top in Africa and Mills...
Coach Mamadou Gueye leads AS Douanes to another championship against Jeanne D’Arc, South Sudan is number one in the latest FIBA Men’s World ranking after their maiden outing and Liz Mills and Jeff Sparrow combine to take over Bangui...
ESPN’s Colin Udoh on Africa’s chances at the 2023 FIBA World Cup
With the FIBA Basketball World Cup due to start later in August, bird story agency's Silalei Shani got to ask seasoned ESPN sports journalist Colin Udoh what his predictions are for the tournament. Here, he shares his answers.
by Silalei...
NBA upgrades Alexandra Basketball courts
The Alexandra Township in Johannesburg benefitted from the Basketball without Borders weekend as the NBA unveiled four newly renovated courts as part of the community outreach
Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Africa continued at the American International School of Johannesburg (AISJ)...