The US National Basketball Association (NBA), in association with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), will launch as of January a new African Basketball League that will involve 12 African nations for a yearly tournament, Reuters reports. The NBA, Fall told Reuters will operate the League. “It’s an opportunity through our partnership with FIBA to continue to strengthen the basketball ecosystem here,” Fall told Reuters. The NBA has established an African office in 2010 in Johannesburg and held its first NBA Africa game in 2015. The US basketball league known as the best in the world has millions of audiences and followers on the continent.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 03, 2019 14:48 UTC