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NBA Africa is forging ahead with its vision to empower the youth through Sports by announcing the construction of several basketball courts in Kenya.<\/strong><\/p>\n The initiative a partnership with Safaricom targets the youth aged 16 years \u00a0who will be trained through attending several \u00a0Jr. NBA tournaments, NBA Fit & coaching clinics, and an elite camp.<\/p>\n Through the collaboration, NBA Africa and M-PESA will host four regional Jr. NBA tournaments across Kenya, culminating with an 8-team National Championship.<\/p>\n\n The Jr. NBA Fit clinics will involve life-skills seminars and financial literacy training .<\/p>\n The NBA Africa accredited scouts and coaches will also support coaching and capacity building for junior players through training and mentorship programs.<\/p>\n The top 100 talents (boys and girls) will be scouted from the regional tournaments and enrolled into the NBA elite basketball camp.<\/p>\n They will then have an opportunity to participate in NBA Africa\u2019s other elite development initiatives in the continent.<\/p>\n \u201cOur partnership with NBA Africa for the Jr. Basketball Program underscores our commitment to opening meaningful opportunities for young Kenyans through sport and financial empowerment. This collaboration will not only help develop local basketball talent but also, through M-PESA Go, equip young people with essential financial skills to support their personal growth. Together with NBA Africa, we\u2019re empowering the next generation to build their futures on and off the court, creating a lasting impact on youth and communities across Kenya,\u201d said Peter Ndegwa, CEO, Safaricom PLC.<\/p>\n \u201cOur collaboration with Safaricom builds on the NBA\u2019s ongoing efforts to grow basketball in Kenya and across the continent of Africa,\u201d said NBA Commissioner Adam Silver.\u00a0 \u201cWe look forward to creating more opportunities for young people to engage in physical activity and learn the values inherent in sport.\u201d<\/p>\n Esther Waititu -Chief Financial Services Officer \u2013 Safaricom PLC, making her address during \u201cWe continue to create opportunities for our youth, whether through connectivity or by providing them with a platform through which they can launch their sports careers.\u00a0 We do this because we are Kenya\u2019s biggest supporter and are led by our purpose of transforming lives.\u00a0 We look forward to engaging with NBA Africa as we explore how to transform the lives of our basketball loving youth across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n The post NBA Africa: Basketball programmes targeting youth launched in Kenya<\/a> first appeared on KBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post NBA Africa: Basketball programmes targeting youth launched in Kenya<\/a> appeared first on KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 NBA Africa is forging ahead with its vision to empower the youth through Sports by announcing the construction of several basketball courts in Kenya. The initiative a partnership with Safaricom targets the youth aged 16 years \u00a0who will be trained through attending several \u00a0Jr. NBA tournaments, NBA Fit & coaching clinics, and an elite […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
the NBA Africa and Safaricom partnership launch.<\/p>\n