Hall of Famer Tamika Catchings, Former National Basketball Association (NBA) Players Kerry Kittles and Marvin Williams to Coach Top African Prospects at First Basketball Without Borders Camp in East Africa

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 21^st 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	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

   *NBA Academy Africa prospect

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Contact:
Chumani Bambani
NBA Africa Communications
+27 65 548 1031
cbambani@nba.com