THE National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) have announced 60 of the top high-school-age prospects from across Africa who will participate in the 20th edition of the Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Africa camp, which will be held at the American International School of Johannesburg (AISJ) in South Africa from Saturday, August 3 to Tuesday, August 6.
BWB Africa 2024 will host 60 boys and girls from 24 African countries – including five NBA Academy Africa prospects – to learn directly from current and former NBA, WNBA and FIBA players, legends and coaches and compete alongside their peers from across the continent. The campers will be coached by 2016 FIBA AfroBasket U18 champion Bruno Fernando (most recently with the Atlanta Hawks; Angola), 2022 NBA champion Moses Moody (Golden State Warriors; U.S.) and 2016 FIBA U17 World Championships winner Immanuel Quickley (Toronto Raptors; U.S.).
Three-time NBA champion player and Boston Celtics assistant coach Sam Cassell (U.S.), Orlando Magic assistant coach Jesse Mermuys (U.S.), Raptors head coach Darko Rajaković (Serbia), former NBA player and Atlanta Hawks assistant coach Ekpe Udoh (U.S.; ties to Nigeria), two-time WNBA champion Sylvia Fowles (U.S.), former WNBA player and current FIBA Players’ Commission Member Mfon Udoka (U.S.; ties to Nigeria) and Portland Trail Blazers Assistant Video Coordinator Ikenna Smart (Nigeria) will also serve as BWB Africa 2024 coaches.
Raptors’ Director of Global Scouting Patrick Engelbrecht (South Africa), Utah Jazz Vice President of Global Scouting Luca Desta (Ethiopia) and WNBA’s Golden State Valkyries General Manager Ohemaa Nyanin (Ghana) will serve as BWB Africa 2024 camp directors.
Dallas Mavericks’ Head Athletic Trainer Dionne Calhoun (U.S.) will serve as the camp’s athletic trainer and Cleveland Cavaliers’ Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Derek Millender (U.S.) will serve as the camp’s sports performance coach.
The players and coaches will lead the campers through various activities, including movement efficiency drills, offensive and defensive skill stations, three-point contests, 5-on-5 games, and life skills and leadership development sessions. A ceremony on the final day of the camp will award the Kim Bohuny Camp Most Valuable Player (MVP), the Patrick Baumann Sportsmanship Award, the B.J. Johnson Most Improved Player Award, the Three-Point Champion and the Defensive MVP to the boys and girls who distinguish themselves on the court and as leaders.
The camp will also feature several community outreach initiatives, including a Her Time to Play seminar for the female campers on Sunday, Aug. 4 and a community engagement with South African nongovernmental organization (NGO) Rhiza Babuyile in Diepsloot, Johannesburg on Monday, Aug. 5. In addition, the BWB Africa 2024 coaches will lead a basketball clinic for local coaches at AISJ on Sunday, Aug. 4.
BWB Africa 2024 will be supported by Nike, a global partner of BWB since 2002, which will outfit participants with Nike apparel and footwear, and Gatorade, which will keep players and coaches hydrated throughout the camp.
Forty-one former BWB campers were among the record 125 international players on opening-night rosters for the 2023-24 NBA season, including 2022-23 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers; Cameroon; BWB Africa 2011), who became the first former BWB camper to be named NBA MVP, and 2019 NBA champion Pascal Siakam (Indiana Pacers; Cameroon; BWB Africa 2012). In total, 13 former BWB Africa campers have been drafted into the NBA since the first BWB Africa camp in 2003. Sixty-three former BWB Africa campers have also been featured on Basketball Africa League team rosters over the league’s first four seasons.
BWB has reached over 4,500 participants from 142 countries and territories since 2001, with 127 former campers advancing to the NBA or WNBA. The NBA and FIBA have staged 76 BWB camps in 51 cities across 33 countries on six continents.
The following is a complete list of players participating in the 20th BWB Africa camp (rosters subject to change):
| BOYS | ||
| Name | Country | |
| Graciano N’tonha | Angola | |
| Celestino Augusto | Angola | |
| Leandro De Carvalho | Angola | |
| Josemar Cesar | Angola | |
| Gaetan Twumgue Wafo * | Cameroon | |
| Irene Patrick Guiongo | Central African Republic | |
| Ephraim Masala | Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| Ali Mohamed Assran * | Egypt | |
| Mohamed Wael Shahin | Egypt | |
| Omar Essam Soudy | Egypt | |
| Keny Akilas Mouckocko | Gabon | |
| Opassi Onguiti Ben | Gabon | |
| Nana Yeboah | Ghana | |
| Mohammed Salim Ali | Ghana | |
| Loic Andianjatovo | Madagascar | |
| Mohamed Sangare | Mali | |
| Ajala Chidalu David | Nigeria | |
| David Ugonna Ike * | Nigeria | |
| Dante Niiayi Otite | Nigeria | |
| Cheikh Biteye | Senegal | |
| Cheikh Bamba Thiam | Senegal | |
| Tinyiko Makhubela | South Africa | |
| Demasio Dieu Bang | South Sudan | |
| Paulino Mangar Majok * | South Sudan | |
| Garang Garang Macham | South Sudan | |
| Choi Thon Mangak | South Sudan | |
| Mohamed Abdelkodous Nheri | Tunisia | |
| Adem Slimane | Tunisia | |
| Ahmed Bedoui * | Tunisia | |
| Tejan Joel Rugette | Uganda | |
