Adam Silver has announced the launch of the league's newest business endeavor, NBA Africa. Led by former NBA stars
Dikembe Mutombo and
Grant Hill, entity will look to expand the league's business opportunities across the content as well as help grow the Basketball Africa League. In addition, NBA Africa will help maintain basketball academies across the continent and implement social justice iniatitives.
"With the expertise, resources and shared vision, the immensely successful investors and NBA legends, we believe that basketball in Africa can become a top sport over the next decade," Silver said during a recent press conference.
This month, the league opened its first office in Johannesburg, South Africa and launched the Basketball Africa League. As the business expands, NBA Africa hopes to add to its roster of investors that currently includes Hill, Mutombo,