By VINCENT OWINO More by this AuthorThe National Basketball Association (NBA) has appointed Rwandan international trade and investment lawyer Clare Akamanzi as the CEO of its African business, making her the first African and woman to hold the office. Mr Williams is a former investment banker at Goldman Sachs, who joined NBA in 2020 and oversaw its Africa expansion. NBA has offices in Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, Senegal and its latest one Kenya. As the NBA Africa CEO, she will be tasked with overseeing the organisation’s “business and basketball development efforts in Africa and will be in charge of continuing to grow the popularity of basketball, the NBA, and the Basketball Africa League (BAL) across the continent,” the New-York based organisation said in a statement Wednesday. “Clare’s business acumen, international experience and familiarity with basketball and the NBA make her the ideal executive to lead our business in Africa,” Mr Tatum said.

Source: The Star December 28, 2023 14:04 UTC