JOHANNESBURG (South Africa) - The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) have 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 in Kigali, Rwanda, from August 23 to 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 will be coached by FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Champion (2002 and 2010) and 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, and a coaching clinic and Her Time to Play leadership workshop for the female campers.
BWB Africa 2025 will be supported by Nike, a global partner of BWB since 2002, which will outfit participants with Nike apparel and footwear.
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 |
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.
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