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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zambia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Former US President Barack Obama has joined NBA Africa as a minority owner and \u201cstrategic partner\u201d. \u201cIn Africa basketball has the power to promote opportunity, wellness, equality and empowerment across the continent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

NBA Africa, the National Basketball Association\u2019s Africa arm \u2013 has backed a new pan-African basketball league, which held its inaugural season in May with 12 teams from 12 countries.<\/p>\n

It has also launched programmes aimed at improving the livelihoods of young Africans while raising awareness on gender-based violence and promoting girls\u2019 education. It is this area where Mr Obama will be involved \u2013 helping advance the NBA\u2019s social responsibility programmes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this capacity, President Obama will have a minority equity stake in the new venture, which over time he intends to use to fund Obama Foundation youth and leadership programs across Africa,\u201d the NBA said. Mr Obama said basketball had the power to bring people together and empower the young.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though I didn\u2019t have the talent to play at the highest level, basketball still shaped my life. It taught me how to work hard, how to compete, how to be part of a team,\u201d he said a video tweeted by NBA Africa about the partnership.<\/p>\n

The former president said that when he had visited his father\u2019s village in Kenya two years ago to open a basketball court: \u201cIt was clear to all of us that Africans are poised to show the world that they\u2019ve got game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. Former US President Barack Obama has joined NBA Africa as a minority owner and \u201cstrategic partner\u201d. \u201cIn Africa basketball has the power to promote opportunity, wellness, equality and empowerment across the continent,\u201d he said. NBA Africa, the National Basketball Association\u2019s Africa arm \u2013 has backed a new pan-African basketball league, which held […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":3345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,25,8,17,16],"tags":[234,235,1304,1305,233],"class_list":["post-3346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-featured","category-homepage-english","category-sport","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-former-us-president-barack-obama","tag-nba-africa","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nObama joins NBA Africa as strategic partner - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former US President Barack Obama has joined NBA Africa as a minority owner and \u201cstrategic partner\u201d. \u201cIn Africa basketbal ...\" \/>\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\/zambia\/all-news\/obama-joins-nba-africa-as-strategic-partner\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Obama joins NBA Africa as strategic partner\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former US President Barack Obama has joined NBA Africa as a minority owner and \u201cstrategic partner\u201d. \u201cIn Africa basketbal ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/obama-joins-nba-africa-as-strategic-partner\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-28T18:06:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/07\/img-61019bfda7f28.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"624\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"448\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/obama-joins-nba-africa-as-strategic-partner#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/obama-joins-nba-africa-as-strategic-partner\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Obama joins NBA Africa as strategic partner\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-28T18:06:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/obama-joins-nba-africa-as-strategic-partner\"},\"wordCount\":252,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/obama-joins-nba-africa-as-strategic-partner#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/07\/img-61019bfda7f28.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Former US President Barack Obama\",\"NBA Africa\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Featured\",\"homepage-english\",\"sport\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/obama-joins-nba-africa-as-strategic-partner#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/obama-joins-nba-africa-as-strategic-partner\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/obama-joins-nba-africa-as-strategic-partner\",\"name\":\"Obama joins NBA Africa as strategic partner - 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