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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sindiswa Mabunda covers the sports landscape in Africa. Nov 17, 2025, 04:32pm EST Nov 17, 2025, 04:39pm EST DIAMNIADIO, SENEGAL - ...

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 ...

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) offers the Johannesburg Giants an opportunity to make a statement regarding the potential of South African basketball at what could be a tipping point in its ...

The 2025 BAL season will feature the top 12 club teams from 12 African countries, with games played in Morocco for the 1st time. Official release DAKAR, SENEGAL — The Basketball Africa League (BAL) ...

The NBA is launching a professional basketball league in Africa that will feature 12 teams from several countries across the continent. The league will debut next year, and will be referred to as 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The NBA’s entry into Africa will hit another milestone this weekend when the Basketball Africa League kicks off for its third season. Launched in the middle of a pandemic, the league is slowly ...

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 ...

SEATTLE — Richard "Dick" Crews, the first African American player to play basketball at the University of Washington (UW), died Monday at the age of 89. Crews, a three-time letter winner, made program ...