JOHANNESBURG (South Africa) - The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) have announced the top 60 high-school-age boys and girls from 21 countries across Africa who will participate in the 21st Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Africa camp, which will be held in Kigali, Rwanda, from August 23 to 26, marking the first time that the NBA and FIBA's global basketball development and community outreach program will be held in East Africa after previous editions in Angola, Egypt, Senegal and South Africa.
The campers will be coached by FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Champion (2002 and 2010) and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Tamika Catchings, 1996-97 NBA All-Rookie Second Team member Kerry Kittles, 2005-06 NBA All-Rookie Second Team member Marvin Williams, Charlotte Hornets Head Coach Charles Lee, Indiana Pacers Assistant Coach Lloyd Pierce, and Minnesota Timberwolves Assistant Coach Micah Nori.
Tamika Catchings played at four FIBA World Cups and four Olympic Games.
Utah Jazz Vice President of Global Scouting Luca Desta (Ethiopia), Toronto Raptors Director of Global Scouting & International Affairs Patrick Engelbrecht (South Africa), President of the World Association of Basketball Coaches Patrick Hunt (Australia) and Philadelphia 76ers Vice President of Player Personnel Prosper Karangwa (Rwanda) will serve as BWB Africa camp directors. Raptors Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Jonathan Lee and LA Clippers Director of Medical Services and Head Athletic Trainer Jasen Powell will serve as the camp’s sports performance coaches.
The players and coaches will lead the campers through a variety of activities, including movement efficiency drills, offensive and defensive skill stations, three-point contests, 5-on-5 games, and life-skills and leadership development sessions. A ceremony on the final day of the camp will award the Kim Bohuny Camp MVP, the Patrick Baumann Sportsmanship Award, the B.J. Johnson Most Improved Player Award, the Three-Point Champion, and the Defensive MVP to the male and female players who distinguish themselves on the court and as leaders.
The players and coaches will also take part in social responsibility programming, including a wheelchair basketball clinic in collaboration with the Rwandan Basketball Federation (FERWABA) and a clinic for 100 elderly women in collaboration with international sport-for-development organization Shooting Touch, and a coaching clinic and Her Time to Play leadership workshop for the female campers.
BWB Africa 2025 will be supported by Nike, a global partner of BWB since 2002, which will outfit participants with Nike apparel and footwear.
The following is a complete list of players participating in BWB Africa 2025: *(roster subject to change)
Girls Roster
NAME COUNTRY
Miraldina Buitchi Angola
Synthia Mbeutom Cameroon
Alexandra Djonkou Cameroon
Malak Elhemaly Egypt
Hana Mohamed Saad Ahmed Elbaz Egypt
Yasmin Ahmed Egypt
Tahina Oceane Rasata-Andriamasy Madagascar
Lala Toure Mali
Assitan Diarisso Mali
Couda Keita Mali
Maimouna Traore Mali
Ines Bouboul Morocco
Sabrin El Hilali Morocco
Franca Iyamah Nigeria
Enioluwa Oyedeji Nigeria
Liliane Ingabire Rwanda
Fatoumata Sall Senegal
Ouly Seye Senegal
Fatou Mbengue Senegal
Liamisha Grace Aboo South Africa
Magret Marieu Lual South Sudan
Nyamal Nurah Gatluak Pathot South Sudan
Namnyaki Isaya Mollel Tanzania
Pendo Lashipai Laizer Tanzania
Malak Chehidi Tunisia
Shiphrah Kiranda Uganda
Melissa Margareth Taliba Uganda
Olivia Atima Amani Uganda
Shella Mbulo Zambia
Bupe Mubanga Zambia
Boys Roster
NAME COUNTRY
Akram Saadaoui Algeria
Daniel Nsalambi Agostinho Miller Angola
Motheo Masule Botswana
Wendkouni Marc Ilboudo Burkina Faso
Yvesrostand Makembe Cameroon
*Joachim Basson Cameroon
Pascal Baruti Bauma Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mwana Ntemba Michael Djuma Democratic Republic of the Congo
Rami Magdy Abdelsayed Malek Egypt
Belal Sohaib Egypt
Ben Ayugi Kenya
Wael Aguenaou Morocco
Noah Mohamed El Baze Morocco
Almoustapha Hama Ide Niger
Ayomide Ibrahim Nigeria
Moses Egbujor Nigeria
Chibueze John Okechukwu Nigeria
Mwesigwa Willilams Sean Rwanda
Plamedie Bizimana Kayira Rwanda
Gabriel Ndoba Mwimba Rwanda
Pape Moussa Diallo Senegal
Modou Khabane Gueye Senegal
Mohamed Badiane Senegal
Mohamed Mbacke Niane Senegal
Siyabonga Mashaba South Africa
Enzokuhle Mweli South Africa
Ajak Aguer Akech South Sudan
Thon Marial Bior Alier South Sudan
*Matong Muorwel South Sudan
Feisal Shukuru Mlanzi Tanzania
BWB has reached more than 4,600 participants from 144 countries and territories since 2001, with 142 former campers drafted into the NBA and WNBA or signed as free agents. Fourteen former BWB Africa campers have been drafted into the NBA and WNBA since the first BWB Africa camp in 2003, including 2023 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers; Cameroon; BWB Africa 2011), 2019 NBA champion Pascal Siakam (Indiana Pacers; Cameroon; BWB Africa 2012) and 2025 No. 10 overall pick Khaman Maluach (Phoenix Suns; South Sudan; ties to Uganda; BWB Africa 2023). Seventy-two former BWB Africa campers have been featured on Basketball Africa League (BAL) rosters over the league’s first five seasons.
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