JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, August 27, 2025/APO Group/ --
The National Basketball Association (NBA) (www.NBA.com) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) today 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 at Petit Stade and BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda, from Saturday, August 23 – Tuesday, August 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, who include two NBA Academy Africa prospects, will be coached by 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.
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 on Sunday, Aug. 24, and a coaching clinic and Her Time to Play leadership workshop for the female campers on Monday, Aug. 25.
BWB Africa 2025 will be supported by Nike, a global partner of BWB since 2002, which will outfit participants with Nike apparel and footwear.
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.
Follow the camp using the hashtag #BWBAfrica on Facebook, Instagram and X. Find out more about BWB at BasketballWithoutBorders. com (https://BWB.NBA.com), on YouTube (Basketball Without Borders) (https://apo-opa.co/3HVIR9J) and on Instagram (@ basketballwithoutborders) (https://apo-opa.co/4g1t1qS).
The following is a complete list of players participating in BWB Africa 2025
(roster subject to change):
GIRLS ROSTER
NAME
Miraldina Buitchi
Synthia Mbeutom
Alexandra Djonkou
Malak Elhemaly
Hana Mohamed Saad Ahmed Elbaz
Yasmin Ahmed
Tahina Oceane Rasata-Andriamasy
Lala Toure
Assitan Diarisso
Couda Keita
Maimouna Traore
Ines Bouboul
Sabrin El Hilali
Franca Iyamah
Enioluwa Oyedeji
Liliane Ingabire
Fatoumata Sall
Ouly Seye
Fatou Mbengue
Liamisha Grace Aboo
Magret Marieu Lual
Nyamal Nurah Gatluak Pathot
Namnyaki Isaya Mollel
Pendo Lashipai Laizer
Malak Chehidi
Shiphrah Kiranda
Melissa Margareth Taliba
Olivia Atima Amani
Shella Mbulo
Bupe Mubanga
BOYS ROSTER
NAME
Akram Saadaoui
Daniel Nsalambi Agostinho Miller
Motheo Masule
Wendkouni Marc Ilboudo
Yvesrostand Makembe
*Joachim Basson
Pascal Baruti Bauma
Mwana Ntemba Michael Djuma
Rami Magdy Abdelsayed Malek
Belal Sohaib
Ben Ayugi
Wael Aguenaou
Noah Mohamed El Baze
Almoustapha Hama Ide
Ayomide Ibrahim
Moses Egbujor
Chibueze John Okechukwu
Mwesigwa Willilams Sean
Plamedie Bizimana Kayira
Gabriel Ndoba Mwimba
Pape Moussa Diallo
Modou Khabane Gueye
Mohamed Badiane
Mohamed Mbacke Niane
Siyabonga Mashaba
Enzokuhle Mweli
Ajak Aguer Akech
Thon Marial Bior Alier
*Matong Muorwel
Feisal Shukuru Mlanzi
*NBA Academy Africa prospect