The NBA’s new Basketball Africa League unveiled its first home cities as the league announced Cairo (Egypt), Dakar (Senegal), Lagos (Nigeria), Luanda (Angola), Rabat (Morocco) and either Monastir or Tunis (Tunisia) as the host cities for the inaugural regular season. Meanwhile, Kigali (Rwanda) will serve as the host city for the first-ever BAL Final Four and BAL Final. In addition, the BAL inked NIKE and Jordan Brand will be the exclusive outfitter of the new professional league featuring 12 club teams from across Africa and scheduled to begin play in March 2020.
“Today’s announcements mark another important milestone as we head into what will be a historic first season for the Basketball Africa League,” said BAL President Amadou Gallo Fall. “We now have seven great host cities where we will play and our first partnership with a world-class outfitter. We thank our first partners NIKE and Jordan Brand for supporting us on this journey and ensuring our teams have the best uniforms and oncourt products.”