Basketball Africa League don unveil six basketball courts wey dem just refurbish for Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal and Nigeria, as part of NBA Africa promise to build and renovate 1,000 courts across di continent for di next ten years. Each place get better playing surface, seats for spectators and new basketball stanchions, and some of di places still get new changing rooms, toilet facilities and lighting.
Di first two courts open on September 30 for Saint-Louis, Senegal, wit collaboration from Senegalese national oil and gas company PETROSEN, and on October 3 for Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, wit collaboration from Wave Côte d'Ivoire. More courts dey set to launch through December for Dakar, Joal and Guédiawaye for Senegal, and for Owerri, Nigeria, wit collaboration from Qatar Foundation.
Guédiawaye and Owerri go also host di first and second BAL4HER courts for Africa, wit di Owerri launch wey two-time WNBA All-Star and BAL Ambassador Chiney Ogwumike and her nonprofit Queens of the Continent dey support. Di Owerri court dey serve more than 300 pipo across Imo State now-now.
"These newly refurbished courts show our promise to invest for communities and make di game easy for young pipo across Africa to access," BAL president Amadou Gallo Fall tok. Di Saint-Louis court for Université Gaston Berger dey inside UNESCO World Heritage site, while di Abidjan court for Groupe Scolaire Lac for Koumassi dey expected to serve about 3,000 players every week, including 2,500 students, and e go host development programme for 300 girls wey dey 18 years and below from eight schools.
