To celebrate Africa Day 2024, RDB (Rwanda Development Board), along with the Basketball Africa League(BAL), Imbuto Foundation, City of Kigali, and other distinguished partners participated in today’s monthly community work commonly known as Umuganda with BAL Season 4 guests and youth from the basketball community.
NBA Africa CEO Clare Akamanzi, BAL president Amadou Gallo Fall, Kigali City Mayor Samuel Dusengiyumva are among the officials who participated in today’s Umuganda community service.
The event featured construction for the second phase of the Kimironko Sports and Community Space. The facility, which already has a functional basketball court, will now include a mini-football pitch, tennis court, and more.
“I would like to express my gratitude to Imbuto Foundation and Basketball Africa League for supporting City of Kigali’s plan to expand community playgrounds, keeping the youth engaged in diverse sports activities and improving community well-being”, said Samuel Dusengiyumva, the Mayor of Kigali City.
Rwanda Basketball Federation (FERWABA) also received 200 basketballs from the Basketball Africa League, which will be distributed across the country to develop the sport.
The 2024 BAL season, also known as BAL Season 4, is the 4th season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The season began on 9 March 2024 and will finish with the final on 1 June 2024 at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda, for a fourth consecutive season.
On the 25th of May each year, the world observes Africa Day, a day intended to celebrate the richness and vibrancy of Africa. It is commemorated to mark the formation of the Organisation of African Unity, the OAU, which was formed on the 25th May 1963. It later became the African Union we know today, in July 2002.
The African Union has marked 2024 as the year of Education. The day’s theme follows this overarching theme and aims to see an Africa that is; “Educate an African fit for the 21st Century: Building resilient education systems for increased access to inclusive, lifelong, quality, and relevant learning in Africa”. (Fin)