20th BWB Africa Camp Will Bring Together 60 of the Top High-School-Age Prospects from Across the Continent; Current and Former NBA (www.NBA.com) Coaches Three-Time NBA Champion Player Sam Cassell, Jesse Mermuys, Darko Rajaković, Ikenna Smart and Ekpe Udoh Will Serve as Camp Coaches Alongside Two-Time WNBA Champion Sylvia Fowles and Former WNBA Player Mfon Udoka.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) today announced 60 of the top high-school-age prospects from across Africa who will participate in the 20th edition of the Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Africa camp, which will be held at the American International School of JOHANNESBURG (AISJ) in South Africa from Saturday, Aug. 3 – Tuesday, Aug. 6.
BWB Africa 2024 will host 60 boys and girls from 24 African countries – including five NBA Academy Africa prospects – to learn directly from current and former NBA, WNBA and FIBA players, legends and coaches and compete alongside their peers from across the continent. The campers will be coached by 2016 FIBA AfroBasket U18 champion Bruno Fernando (most recently with the Atlanta Hawks; Angola), 2022 NBA champion Moses Moody (Golden State Warriors; U.S.) and 2016 FIBA U17 World Championships winner Immanuel Quickley (Toronto Raptors; U.S.).
Three-time NBA champion player and Boston Celtics assistant coach Sam Cassell (U.S.), Orlando Magic assistant coach Jesse Mermuys (U.S.), Raptors head coach Darko Rajaković (Serbia), former NBA player and Atlanta Hawks assistant coach Ekpe Udoh (U.S.; ties to Nigeria), two-time WNBA champion Sylvia Fowles (U.S.), former WNBA player and current FIBA Players’ Commission Member Mfon Udoka (U.S.; ties to Nigeria) and Portland Trail Blazers Assistant Video Coordinator Ikenna Smart (Nigeria) will also serve as BWB Africa 2024 coaches.
Raptors’ Director of Global Scouting Patrick Engelbrecht (South Africa), Utah Jazz Vice President of Global Scouting Luca Desta (Ethiopia) and WNBA’s Golden State Valkyries General Manager Ohemaa Nyanin (Ghana) will serve as BWB Africa 2024 camp directors.
Dallas Mavericks’ Head Athletic Trainer Dionne Calhoun (U.S.) will serve as the camp’s athletic trainer and Cleveland Cavaliers’ Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Derek Millender (U.S.) will serve as the camp’s sports performance coach.
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 Most Valuable Player (MVP), the Patrick Baumann Sportsmanship Award, the B.J. Johnson Most Improved Player Award, the Three-Point Champion and the Defensive MVP to the boys and girls who distinguish themselves on the court and as leaders.
The camp will also feature several community outreach initiatives, including a Her Time to Play seminar for the female campers on Sunday, Aug. 4 and a community engagement with South African nongovernmental organization (NGO) Rhiza Babuyile in Diepsloot, Johannesburg on Monday, Aug. 5. In addition, the BWB Africa 2024 coaches will lead a basketball clinic for local coaches at AISJ on Sunday, Aug. 4.
BWB Africa 2024 will be supported by Nike, a global partner of BWB since 2002, which will outfit participants with Nike apparel and footwear, and Gatorade, which will keep players and coaches hydrated throughout the camp.
Forty-one former BWB campers were among the record 125 international players http://apo-opa.co/3Yzp45I on opening-night rosters for the 2023-24 NBA season, including 2022-23 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers; Cameroon; BWB Africa 2011), who became the first former BWB camper to be named NBA MVP, and 2019 NBA champion Pascal Siakam (Indiana Pacers; Cameroon; BWB Africa 2012). In total, 13 former BWB Africa campers have been drafted into the NBA since the first BWB Africa camp in 2003. Sixty-three former BWB Africa campers have also been featured on Basketball Africa League team rosters over the league’s first four seasons.
BWB has reached more than 4,500 participants from 142 countries and territories since 2001, with 127 former campers advancing to the NBA or WNBA. The NBA and FIBA have staged 76 BWB camps in 51 cities across 33 countries on six continents.
The following is a complete list of players participating in the 20th BWB Africa camp (rosters subject to change):
GIRLS
Name
Country
Ana Servico
Angola
Margarida Solunga
Angola
Zourfaou Garba
Benin
Aline Suzy Nyeck
Cameroon
Anchi Enjoh Liya
Cameroon
Traidah Matongo
Congo Brazzaville
Haya Alhalawany
Egypt
Hala Elwakil
Egypt
Janelle Nana Gyampo
Ghana
Fanta Gaye
Guinea
Fatoumata Ousmane Barry
Guinea
Nissi Mayaka
Kenya
Valentine Chelangat Korir
Kenya
Lahatra Razanakarivelo
Madagascar
Sarah Aaliyah Mellouk
Morocco
Amy Diop
Senegal
Fatou Kine Diop
Senegal
Binta Seye
Senegal
Helena Faye
Senegal
Lana Schreyer
South Africa
Reatlegile Taukobong
South Africa
Arek Ater Makuei
South Sudan
Elizabeth Singoi Laizer
Tanzania
Upendo Isaya Katamboi
Tanzania
Ines Ben Rejeb
Tunisia
Souad Garna
Tunisia
Eya Bahlous
Tunisia
Taonga Shanzi
Zambia
Choolwe Simubali
Zambia
Shamiso Makomba
Zimbabwe
BOYS
Name
Country
Graciano N’tonha
Angola
Celestino Augusto
Angola
Leandro De Carvalho
Angola
Josemar Cesar
Angola
Gaetan Twumgue Wafo *
Cameroon
Irene Patrick Guiongo
Central African Republic
Ephraim Masala
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ali Mohamed Assran *
Egypt
Mohamed Wael Shahin
Egypt
Omar Essam Soudy
Egypt
Keny Akilas Mouckocko
Gabon
Opassi Onguiti Ben
Gabon
Nana Yeboah
Ghana
Mohammed Salim Ali
Ghana
Loic Andianjatovo
Madagascar
Mohamed Sangare
Mali
Ajala Chidalu David
Nigeria
David Ugonna Ike *
Nigeria
Dante Niiayi Otite
Nigeria
Cheikh Biteye
Senegal
Cheikh Bamba Thiam
Senegal
Tinyiko Makhubela
South Africa
Demasio Dieu Bang
South Sudan
Paulino Mangar Majok *
South Sudan
Garang Garang Macham
South Sudan
Choi Thon Mangak
South Sudan
Mohamed Abdelkodous Nheri
Tunisia
Adem Slimane
Tunisia
Ahmed Bedoui *
Tunisia
Tejan Joel Rugette
Uganda
*NBA Academy Africa prospect
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of National Basketball Association (NBA).
BWB Africa 2023 Recap Video http://apo-opa.co/3YrU6MP (Credit: NBAE)
Contact:
Chumani Bambani
NBA Africa, cbambani@nba.com
+27 65 548 1031
