JOHANNESBURG AND NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2018 – The National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) announced today a series of youth development, community service and business events in the week leading up to the NBA Africa Game 2018, the NBA’s third game in Africa, which will take place Saturday, Aug. 4 at 5:00 pm CAT at Sun Arena at Time Square in Pretoria, South Africa.
The NBA Africa Game 2018 will air live in sub-Saharan Africa on Kwesé Free Sports, Kwesé Sports 1, the Kwesé TV app, as well as Kwesé’s partner pay-TV and free-to-air channels. The game will air live in the U.S. at 11:00 am ET on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes (in Spanish), and the ESPN app.
The week of activities, which will embody Nelson Mandela’s legacy and his belief that sports have the power to inspire and change the world, include the 16th edition of Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Africa, a Habitat for Humanity service project, a training camp for the boys and girls teams that will represent Africa & Middle East at the first Jr. NBA World Championship, a youth leadership program hosted by the NBPA Foundation for eight students to learn about Nelson Mandela’s legacy and participate in the week’s activities, and the second NBA Africa Innovation Summit.
As part of today’s announcement, the NBA and NBPA also announced the Official Partners of the NBA Africa Game 2018:
• Brand South Africa (Official Marketing Partner of the NBA Africa Game 2018)
• Econet (Official Telecommunications Partner of the NBA Africa Game 2018 and the NBA Africa Innovation Summit)
• Kwesé Sports (Official Broadcast Partner of the NBA Africa Game 2018)
• Nike (Official Apparel Provider for the NBA Africa Game 2018 and BWB Africa)
• SAP (Official Business Analytics Software Partner of the NBA Africa Game 2018 and the NBA Africa Innovation Summit)
“We are excited that the week of activities leading up to the third NBA Africa Game in four years will honor Nelson Mandela’s centenary and his belief that sport has the power to change the world,” said NBA Vice President and Managing Director for Africa, Amadou Gallo Fall. “Our youth development and community outreach programs as well as the second NBA Africa Innovation Summit will demonstrate our commitment to growing basketball across the continent while using the transformative power of our game to foster positive social change. We are grateful to all the players, our partners and our fans for their continued support.”
