The event featured a basketball clinic for 60 girls aged 18 and younger and a life skills seminar led by 2003 a WNBA champion.
West African country Ghana has scored a first after successfully hosting its first NBA Africa all-girls Jr. clinic.
In a gathering of the kingmakers in the game, NBA CEO, Victor Williams was thrilled to be back promoting the game of basketball in Ghana.
The event was held at Trust Sports Emporium in Accra in conjunction with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff’s first visit to the country this week.
All-girls junior clinic in Ghana
The event featured a basketball clinic for 60 girls aged 18 and younger and a life skills seminar led by 2003 WNBA champion Astou Ndiaye.
It was a well-attended gathering led by Second Gentleman Emhoff, Ghana’s Minister of Youth and Sports Hon. Mustapha Ussif, Ghana Basketball Association President Ato Van-Ess.
Others who attened the clinic are NBA Africa CEO Victor Williams, NBA Africa Head of Basketball Operations Franck Traore, and Basketball Africa League Head of Strategy and Operations John Manyo-Plange.
NBA thrilled to be back in Africa
Speaking at the programme, NBA Africa CEO, Williams, noted that they are thrilled to be back in Ghana to make the game of basketball more accessible.
“We are thrilled to be back in Accra to host the first all-girls Jr. NBA clinic in Ghana as part of NBA Africa’s broader efforts to make the game of basketball more accessible across the continent," Williams stated.
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“We are thankful to Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff and Ghana’s Minister of Youth and Sports Hon. Mustapha Ussif for their support and look forward to bringing more events to Ghana in the near future.”
More on the junior clinic
The Jr. NBA, the league’s global youth basketball program for boys and girls, teaches the fundamental skills as well as the core values of the game – teamwork, respect, determination and community.
At the grassroots level, the Jr. NBA also helps to grow and improve the youth basketball experience for players, coaches and parents. Jr. NBA programming has directly reached tens of thousands of youth in 16 African countries.
The programme builds on NBA Africa’s previous basketball camps and clinics in Ghana, which have featured appearances by current and former NBA players including former NBA player and Olympian Pops Mensah-Bonsu (Ghana/UK), two-time NBA champion Chris Bosh, two-time NBA All-Star Luol Deng (South Sudan), Gorgui Dieng (San Antonio Spurs; Senegal) and 2019 NBA champion Serge Ibaka (most recently with the Milwaukee Bucks; Republic of the Congo).
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