{"id":100637,"date":"2025-05-06T17:31:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T17:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/bal2025-basomingera-tips-sports-as-strategic-industry-for-africa"},"modified":"2025-05-06T17:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T17:35:12","slug":"bal2025-basomingera-tips-sports-as-strategic-industry-for-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/bal2025-basomingera-tips-sports-as-strategic-industry-for-africa","title":{"rendered":"BAL2025: Basomingera tips sports as strategic industry for Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Candy Basomingera, the Deputy CEO of Rwanda Convention Bureau (RCB), has tipped sport as a strategic industry for Africa&#8217;s development, pointing out how it can generate revenues for development.<\/p>\n<p>She was speaking during a Visit Rwanda media event in Dakar, Senegal, on Saturday, May 3, on the sidelines of the ongoing Sahara Conference of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince 2021, Rwanda has hosted over 70 international competitions and sports events, generating more than $50 million in revenues. The Basketball Africa League is more than a tournament. It is a platform for youth, innovation and continental visibility,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n<p>Basomingera also lauded Amadou Gallo Fall, president of the BAL, for his &#8220;remarkable vision&#8221; that propelled African basketball onto the international stage.<\/p>\n<p>Kigali braces for Nile Conference<\/p>\n<p>The Sahara Conference concluded in Dakar on Sunday, May 4, and focus will shift on the Nile Conference which will take place in Kigali from May 17-25.<\/p>\n<p>On top of the much anticipated battles inside the BK Arena, Basomingera said various activities are planned off the court, including networking evenings, concerts, and an innovation summit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We take advantage of the visibility of the BAL to highlight local talents,&#8221; she noted.<\/p>\n<p>For her, BAL embodies much more than a sports competition; it is an initiative that leads the continent and proves to the world that Africa has talent and can play a key role in the sports economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith clubs that are developing, a growing enthusiasm among young people and tangible economic returns, African basketball has beautiful days ahead of it,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n<p>Rwandan representatives APR were placed in the Nile Conference where they will be battling for a spot in the playoffs in Pretoria, South Africa, against Libya\u2019s Al Ahli Tripoli, South Africa\u2019s Made by Basketball, and Kenya\u2019s Nairobi City Thunder.<\/p>\n<p>The games will take place at BK Arena.<\/p>\n<p>In general, BAL 2025 is featuring 12 teams, with the regular season divided into three conferences: &#8211; the Nile Conference, the Sahara Conference, and the Kalahari Conference.<\/p>\n<p>Following the conference stage, the competition will progress to the playoffs and finals, set to be held in June at SunBet Arena in Pretoria, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Since the league\u2019s inception, Petro de Luanda and US Monastir remain the only teams to have qualified for all five BAL seasons.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. 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She was speaking during a Visit Rwanda media event in Dakar, Senegal, on Saturday, May 3, on the sidelines of the ongoing Sahara [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":100636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[6799,758],"class_list":["post-100637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-bal-2025","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BAL2025: Basomingera tips sports as strategic industry for Africa - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Candy Basomingera, the Deputy CEO of Rwanda Convention Bureau (RCB), has tipped sport as a strategic industry for Africa ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/bal2025-basomingera-tips-sports-as-strategic-industry-for-africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BAL2025: Basomingera tips sports as strategic industry for Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Candy Basomingera, the Deputy CEO of Rwanda Convention Bureau (RCB), has tipped sport as a strategic industry for Africa ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/bal2025-basomingera-tips-sports-as-strategic-industry-for-africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-06T17:31:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-06T17:35:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/05\/sm_1746540285.076989.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/bal2025-basomingera-tips-sports-as-strategic-industry-for-africa#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/bal2025-basomingera-tips-sports-as-strategic-industry-for-africa\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"BAL2025: Basomingera tips sports as strategic industry for Africa\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-06T17:31:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-06T17:35:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/bal2025-basomingera-tips-sports-as-strategic-industry-for-africa\"},\"wordCount\":399,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/bal2025-basomingera-tips-sports-as-strategic-industry-for-africa#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/05\/sm_1746540285.076989.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"BAL 2025\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/bal2025-basomingera-tips-sports-as-strategic-industry-for-africa#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/bal2025-basomingera-tips-sports-as-strategic-industry-for-africa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/bal2025-basomingera-tips-sports-as-strategic-industry-for-africa\",\"name\":\"BAL2025: Basomingera tips sports as strategic industry for Africa - 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