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Africa, Barack Obama is the NBA’s “strategic partner” in the continent to promote opportunities, development for young people

ROME (DIRE Agency) – Barack Obama becomes “strategic partner” of the NBA in Africa: the announcement came with a video of the former president of the United States, in which he reports that the commitment will take the form of programs and interventions with a marked social cut. The NBA, an acronym for National Basketball Association, reported that Obama “will have a minority stake, which over time he intends to use to support his youth Foundation and training programs for leaders in Africa “.

“The great teaching of basketball”. The first edition of the Basketball Africa League (Bal), a championship wanted and promoted by the NBA, was held in May. Competing in the Rwandan capital Kigali were teams from 12 of the 54 African countries. In the video, released by the US league, Obama points out that “in Africa basketball can promote opportunity, well-being and empowerment“Obama adds:” Even though I didn’t have the talent to play at the highest level, basketball formed my life; he taught me to work hard, to compete, to be part of a team. ”Two years ago, the former president opened a basketball court in Kogelo, the Kenyan village where his father was originally from.

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