Angola's Bruno Fernando, USA's Immanuel Quickley headline players to coach top prospects at BWB Africa 2024

JOHANNESBURG (South Africa) - The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) have announced the 60 of the top high-school-age prospects from across Africa who will participate in the 20^th edition of the Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Africa camp, which will be held in South Africa from August 3 to 6. 

BWB Africa 2024 will host 60 boys and girls from 24 African countries 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 international player Bruno Fernando (Atlanta Hawks; Angola), who played at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, Moses Moody, 2022 NBA champion (Golden State Warriors; U.S.), and FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2016 winner Immanuel Quickley (Raptors; U.S.).

Bruno Fernando at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023

Four-time BA champion and Boston Celtics assistant coach Sam Cassell (U.S.), Orlando Magic assistant coach Jesse Mermuys (U.S.), Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic (Serbia), former NBA player and Atlanta Hawks assistant coach Ekpe Udoh (U.S.), two-time WNBA champion Sylvia Fowles (U.S.), former WNBA player and current FIBA Players' Commission Member Mfon Udoka (U.S., Nigeria) and Portland Trail Blazers Assistant Video Coordinator Ikenna Smart (Nigeria) will also serve as BWB Africa 2024 coaches. 

Mfon Udoka played at the 2004 Olympic Games as well as the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2006

South African-born Raptors' Director of Global Scouting Patrick Engelbrecht, Ethiopian-raised Utah Jazz Vice President of Global Scouting Luca Desta and Ghanaian-born WNBA's Golden State Valkyries General Manager Ohemaa Nyanin will serve as BWB Africa 2024 camp directors.

Dallas Mavericks' Head Athletic Trainer Dionne Calhoun (U.S.) and Cleveland Cavaliers Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Derek Millender (U.S.) will serve as the camp’s athletic trainers.

The players and coaches will lead the campers through a variety of 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 and a community engagement with South African nongovernmental organization (NGO) Rhiza Babuyile in Diepsloot, Johannesburg.  In addition, the BWB Africa 2024 coaches will lead a basketball clinic for local coaches on August 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 more than 4,400 participants from 142 countries and territories since 2001, with 127 former campers advancing to the NBA or WNBA.  The NBA and FIBA have staged 75 BWB camps in 50 cities across 33 countries on six continents.

The following is a complete list of players participating in the 20^th BWB Africa camp (rosters subject to change):
Girls: 
Ana Servico, Angola
 Zourfaou Garba, Benin
 Aline Suzy Nyeck, Cameroon
 Anchi Enjoh Liya, Cameroon
 Traidah Matongo, Congo Brazzaville
 Haya Alhalawany, Egypt 
Hala Elwakil, Egypt 
Janelle Nana Gyampo, Ghana 
Fanta Gaye, Guinea
Fatoumata Ousmane Barry, Guinea 
Nissi Mayaka, Kenya
Valentine Chelangat Korir, Kenya 
Lahatra Razanakarivelo, Madagascar 
Sarah Aaliyah Mellouk, Morocco 
Amy Diop, Senegal
Fatou Kine Diop, Senegal 
Binta Seye, Senegal
Helena Faye, Senegal 
Lana Schreyer, South Africa
Ntokozo Success Thonga, South Africa
Reatlegile Taukobong, South Africa
Snqobile Thwala, South Africa
Elizabeth Singoi Laizer, Tanzania 
Upendo Isaya Katamboi, Tanzania
Ines Ben Rejeb, Tunisia 
Souad Garna, Tunisia
Eya Bahlous, Tunisia
Taonga Shanzi, Zambia
Choolwe Simubali, Zambia
Shamiso Makomba, Zimbabwe 

 Boys: 
Graciano N'tonha, Angola
Celestino Augusto, Angola 
Leandro De Carvalho, Angola
Josemar Cesar, Angola 
Gaetan Twumgue Wafo, Cameroon 
Irene Patrick Guiongo, Central African Republic 
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 
Ikechukwu Charles Wisdom Ejike, 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

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