SYDNEY (AP) — There are potentially good things ahead for women’s basketball in Africa despite the lack of success in international competition. But to turn the corner, there needs to be more ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sindiswa Mabunda covers the sports landscape in Africa. Jul 26, 2025, 01:00am EDT LILLE, FRANCE - AUGUST 04: Ezinne Kalu #23 of ...

March 11 marked the start of the Basketball Africa League, the continent’s premier basketball competition. Ahead of its third season, president Amadou Gallo Fall reflected on the rise of the sport on ...

African basketball organizations are actively seeking financial backers in preparation for a franchise bidding process in the Basketball Africa League, Semafor has learned. The NBA-owned league aims ...

It was at the 2012 NBA All-Star game at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida where Luol Deng went outside the NBA All-Star dress code to wear a black t-shirt adorned with a stylized outline of the ...

Masai Ujiri discusses the Giants of Africa festival, along with his contributions to the evolution of African basketball over the last 22 years. There are few executives who have defined the NBA in ...

On a basketball court in Rwanda, Fatuma Ella Mukamugema once focused solely on coaching young girls and helping them improve their game. Today, she sees the sport through a much broader lens. Through ...

The hardwood of BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda, is sprayed a bright green and yellow. The sound of horns permeates the arena. Angolan and Tunisian flags drape over the first row of seats. This is the ...

(L-R) Senegalese Presidential Advisor for Sports Ndongo Ndiaye, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, Secretary General of the International Basketball Federation Andreas Zagklis and the President of the ...

Here's everything you need to know before the third BAL season tips off in Dakar on March 11. Anthony Inzalaco, for NBA.com This Saturday marks the start of the BAL season, as AS Douanes host ABC ...

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) returns on March 11, with the Sahara Conference tipping the tournament off in Dakar before it moves on to Cairo for the Nile Conference, and later Kigali where the ...

Former President Barack Obama has taken a minority stake in the National Basketball Association’s Africa business, joining as a strategic partner. The NBA launched its Africa business, which oversees ...