Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sindiswa Mabunda covers the sports landscape in Africa. From August 12th to 24th, 2025, the eyes of the basketball world will turn ...

Masai Ujiri discusses the Giants of Africa festival, along with his contributions to the evolution of African basketball over the last 22 years. There are few executives who have defined the NBA in ...

Ask anyone what defines a great basketball player, and the answer is almost always height. In a sport built on size and reach, it’s usually the towering figures who dominate the headlines. Yet at the ...

Boston Celtics assistant coach Sam Cassell told ESPN that African basketball has developed to the point where players from the continent no longer have to mirror his former Houston Rockets teammate, ...

The NBA is launching a professional basketball league in Africa that will feature 12 teams from several countries across the continent. The league will debut next year, and will be referred to as the ...

Defending Women basketball champions, Nigeria’s D’Tigress have sent an early warning to the rest of the teams after a dominant display against Rwanda in their first game of the 2025 FIBA Women ...

It’s a moment of double triumph for Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress with confirmation of their ticket to the 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup after winning the 2025 FIBA Women’s ...

A couple of years ago, right before the 2023 World Cup, we delved deep into the history of all the countries ever to qualify for the event and chose the pre-eminent star for each nation. Additionally, ...