Africa Matters

NBA Africa and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Launch Youth Program in Senegal to Empower Young Athletes

Our Correspondent | Africa Guardian NBA Africa (www.Africa.NBA.com) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), France’s public development bank dedicated to enhancing lives in developing economies, have inaugurated the “Jr. NBA & AFD Basketball Experience” youth program in Guediawaye, Senegal. This initiative, first launched in 2021 in Nigeria and expanded to Kenya and Morocco, leverages basketball to drive social…

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Basketball Africa League Launches “BAL Future Pros” Season 5 Program Ahead of 2025 Season

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) (www.BAL.NBA.com) will launch the second edition of the “BAL Future Pros”- a program launched last year to support early-career professionals across Africa to build their careers within the sports ecosystem, develop their skills, network and experience by integrating into different BAL departments. 22 BAL Future Pros were hired in 2024 from February to May…

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