What is the Basketball Africa League?
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What does having an NBA-backed tournament, Basketball Africa League, mean for the continent?
Delayed by Covid for over a year, the continent s new pan-African basketball league will finally tip-off on Sunday 16 May.
Backed by the NBA, the Basketball Africa League (BAL) features 12 teams from 12 countries - but how is it going to work? BBC Sport Africa has been taking a closer look:
Africa s top basketball club sides are set to face off from Sunday in the Rwandan capital Kigali in a new professional competition designed to promote the sport, drive economic growth and unearth the best up and coming talent.