CAIRO - FIBA Africa's Central Board will meet on Thursday-Friday 24-25 March in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, with the announcements of the host countries for AfroBasket 2017 and AfroBasket Women 2017 among the key talking points on the agenda.

The Board will also examine and deliberate the candidatures for the right to host the 2016 FIBA Africa U18 Championships for Men and Women and the 2016 FIBA Africa Champions Cups for Men and Women.

The Board will reflect and evaluate the actions undertaken in 2015, including the implementation of "ONE FIBA" and discuss the implementation of FIBA's new system of competition that comes into effect in 2017.

Over the course of the two-day meeting, a number of other topics will be discussed, including:
- Outreach of 3x3
- Equipment endowment programme
- Training programmes for coaches, referees and other officials

In preparation for the Central Board meeting, FIBA Africa's Executive Committee met on Tuesday in the presence of: FIBA Africa President and FIBA Vice-President, Hamane Niang; FIBA Africa President Emeritus, Professor Alain Ekra; FIBA Africa Vice-President, Anibal Manave; FIBA Executive Director - Africa, Alphonse Bile; FIBA Africa Technical Commission President, Abderraouf Menjour, FIBA Africa Competitions Commission President, Fode Amara Conde; FIBA Africa General Treasurer,Abdelhamid Massouad and FIBA Africa National Federations President, Jean-Michel Ramaroson.

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