JOHANNESBURG (South Africa) - The Egyptian duo of Haya Elhalawany and Mohamed Wael Shahin were named Most Valuable Players of the 20th edition of the Basketball Without Borders Africa Camp.

The two talents claimed the top honors of the four-day event which featured on and off-court skills training. It was the 16th time that FIBA and NBA's global development outreach program took place in South Africa.

The 2024 edition of the BWB Americas camp brought together 30 boys and 30 girls from more than 20 African countries. The campers received basketball and life lessons from current and former NBA and FIBA players, legends and coaches, including Angola star Bruno Fernando of the Toronto Raptors, his Toronto teammate Immanuel Quickley, Toronto head coach Darko Rajakovic, Atlanta Hawks assistant coach and former USA international Ekpe Udoh of Nigeria, three-time NBA champion Sam Cassell, 2022 NBA champion Moses Moody, two-time WNBA champion Sylvia Fowles, WNBA Golden State Valkyries general manager Oheema Nyanin and Portland Trail Blazers Assistant Video Coordinator Ikenna Smart.

The BWB program has been a major success over the past 20 years. Forty-one former BWB campers were among the 125 international players on opening-night rosters for the 2023-24 NBA season, including 2022-23 NBA Most Valuable Player 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, including Ulrich Chomche (Cameroon), who was selected 57th overall by the Toronto Raptors in the 2024 NBA Draft last month. Sixty-three former BWB Africa campers have also been featured on BAL team rosters over the league’s first four seasons.

Elhalawany was crowned as girls 3-Point Champion with Angola's Ana Servico being named Defensive MVP, Nissi Mayaka of Kenya claiming the Patrick Baumann Sportsmanship Award and Souad Garna from Tunisia taking home the BJ Johnson Most Improved Award.

Shahin took the honors as boys 3-Point Champion while Nigeria's David Ugonna Ike was the Defensive MVP; Demasio Dieu Bona Bang of South Sudan received the Patrick Baumann Sportsmanship Award; and Chidalu David Ajala of Nigeria was rewarded the BJ Johnson Most Improved Award.

Girls All Stars: Ines Ben Rejeb (Tunisia), Fatou Kine Diop (Senegal), Haya Elhalawany (Egypt), Aline Suzy Esther Nyeck (Cameroon), Traidah Matongo (Congo), Sarah Aaliyah Mellouk (Morocco), Ana Servico (Angola), Cholwe Simubali (Zambia).

Boys All Stars: Ali Mohamed Assran (Egypt), Ahmed Bedoui (Tunisia), Cheikh Biteye (Senegal), David Ugonna Ike (Nigeria), Tejan Joel Rugette (Uganda), Mohamed Sangare (Mali), Mohamed Wael Shahin (Egypt), Cheikh Bamba Thiam (Senegal)

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