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BASKETBALL

Why the NBA’s Basketball Africa League is important

The NBA is already invested on the continent. It has organised Basketball Without Borders in various African countries over the past 16 years

  • Sisay Julius
5 min read
The NBA became the first professional sports league to partner with YouTube and launch its own channel in 2005, a channel that has generated more than 5.4-billion views. (Getty Images)
BASKETBALL

NBA, FIBA to launch new pan-African league

​African basketball fans may no longer have to look solely to the United States for fandom

  • Refiloe Seiboko
3 min read