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    • Africell CEO, president and founder Ziad Dalloul (left) and NBA Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer Mark Tatum sign the expanded agreement at the NBA’s global headquarters in New York City on 23 September 2025
    • A team of young players during the opening of an Africell x NBA Africa-branded basketball court in Luanda, Angola, in April 2024
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Africell Expands Multi-year Collaboration with National Basketball Association (NBA) Africa

The leaders of Africell and the National Basketball Association signed an agreement in New York that will see the existing Angola-focused brand collaboration extend to the Democratic Republic of Congo, The Gambia and Sierra Leone

The brand collaboration between Africell, Africa’s only U.S.-owned mobile network operator, and NBA Africa (https://Africa.NBA.com/) in Angola has taken a leap forward with the widening of its scope to include all four of Africell’s African operating markets with the addition of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), The Gambia…

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    • NBA Africa and ADS unveil a newly-renovated basketball court in Kinshasa’s Limete 7eme
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National Basketball Association (NBA) Africa and Africa Development Solutions Unveil Renovated, Solar-Powered Basketball Court in Democratic Republic of Congo

The court, which is located in Kinshasa’s Limete 7eme, is fitted with ADS’ Solektra solar-powered lighting system that will allow thousands of players from Kinshasa and surrounding communities to play late into the night

Newly-Renovated Court at Limete 7eme in Kinshasa Will Host; Jr. NBA Tournament for More Than 200 Youth on July 2-3; Two-Time NBA (https://www.NBA.com) Champion and Kinshasa-Native Didier Mbenga Attends Launch Celebration. NBA Africa and Groupe Africa Development Solutions (ADS), a multinational company that designs and implements creative and innovative solutions for…

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Egypt’s Zamalek wins Inaugural Basketball Africa League Championship

Basketball Africa League Announces End-of-Season Award Winners Honoring Pioneering African NBA Legends Hakeem Olajuwon, Dikembe Mutombo and Manute Bol

Zamalek (Egypt) today defeated US Monastir (Tunisia) 76-63 to win the inaugural Basketball Africa League (BAL) Championship (www.theBAL.com), which took place at the Kigali Arena in Rwanda and was broadcast to fans in 215 countries and territories in 15 languages. BAL President Amadou Gallo Fall presented Zamalek with the BAL…

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Five-Star Recruit Jonathan Kuminga signs with NBA G League

A native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuminga played at The Patrick School in Hillside, New Jersey, last season

Forward Jonathan Kuminga, a top high school basketball recruit, has signed to play in the NBA G League (https://GLeague.nba.com) next season, it was announced today by NBA G League President Shareef Abdur-Rahim.  Kuminga is ranked by ESPN as the No. 4 player in the nation and the top player in…