Africa-Press – Rwanda. The buzz inside BK Arena was alive over the weekend since the Nile Conference of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) Season 5 started on Saturday, May 7.
Two automatic playoffs slots are up for grabs in Kigali with four teams—APR, Al Ahli SC, Made By Basketball (MBB) and Nairobi City Thunder (NCT—all leaving it on the flour, pushing for a qualification to the BAL playoffs and finals in Pretoria, South Africa, in June.
Home side APR and Libyan champions Al Ahli SC are the only unbeaten teams so far in the past two conference games, while NCT and MBB will be chasing their first win in Kigali when they square off on Tuesday, May 20.
The attendance for the Nile Conference games has been impressive over the past two days as the event continues to attract thousands of basketball enthusiasts including celebrities and the First Family among many others.
And it has become a common thing that basketball and entertainment go hand in hand and the likes of Ghanaian star King Promise and Rwanda’s very own Ariel Wayz put up powerful performances that left the crowd entertained.
The New Times’ photographer Olivier Mugwiza has captured Day 1 and 2 of the Nile Conference through his lenses.
President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame also attended the Nile Conference games at BK Arena.
Libya club Al Ahly Tripoli celebrating its first win against South Africa’s Made By Basketball(MBB).
During the halftime of the matchup between APR and Nairobi City Thunder, the Ghanaian music superstar, King Promise, lit up the stage with his dynamic performance.
King Promise performing at the ongoing Nile Conference games at BK Arena.
Kathia Kamali and his fiancé Adonis Filer(APR’s player) at the courtside watching the game between APR and MBB.
Miss Rwanda 2020 Naomie Nishimwe and her husband, Michel Tesfay, following the Nile Conference games.
Miss Clodine Muyango, a renowned Rwandan journalist, entrepreneur, and 2019 Miss Photogenic in Miss Rwanda, is among the celebrities who attended the 2025 BAL Nile Conference.
Jean Jacques Boissy of Al Ahly Tripoli, the two-time MVP honor holder at the Nile Conference, and the only player who scored 30 points in a single game so far.
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