Basketball Africa League don open six basketball court wey dem renovate for Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Senegal, di organisation tok on Thursday. Dis initiative na part of NBA Africa promise to build or fix 1000 courts across di continent for di next ten years. Once dem start to work, dem expect say di venues go host plenti thousand young people and community pipo every year.
Di first two courts dem open am on 30 September for Saint-Louis, Senegal, with partnership from Société des Pétroles du Sénégal (PETROSEN), and on 3 October for Abidjan, with partnership from Wave Côte d'Ivoire. More launches don schedule through December for Dakar and Joal for Senegal, for Guédiawaye, and for Owerri, Nigeria. Each facility now get new playing surface, seat for spectators and new equipment, and some sites still get better changing room, toilet and lighting system.
Amadou Gallo Fall, President of BAL, tok say di courts wey dem renovate show say di league wan invest for community and make basketball easy for young pipo across Africa to access. Di Saint-Louis covered court wey dem open am for Université Gaston Berger for di UNESCO city, go serve students and di whole local pipo.
Di Abidjan site, wey dey for Groupe Scolaire Lac de Koumassi, dem dey expect am to host near 3000 players every week, including 2500 pupils, and e go run development programme for 300 girls wey dey 18 years and below from eight schools. Di Guédiawaye facility go be di first BAL4HER court wey dem ever build for Africa, under di league programme wey dey promote women and girls for basketball.
