One of Kenya’s most internationally recognised figures joins the ownership group of the basketball club.

NBA Africa is moving the Basketball Africa League to permanent, privately owned franchises, with initial bids of more than $50 million reported from six countries.

This will be the first time the event comes to Africa after a four city contest that also included London and Rome.

This locks in one of university running's most decorated recent graduates.

With a commitment to work inside KBF's match-day operations, setting production standards for broadcasts, coordinating live commentary, and training team statisticians on data collection and live analytics.

DAZN will cover 48 markets across the region, giving subscribers access to all 380 matches a season in English and Spanish.

New Hera Interconnection operates in eight African countries and holds relationships with more than 20 international academies and schools.

A multi-stakeholder platform built to turn the country's co-hosting of the Africa Cup of Nations into an economic engine that outlasts the tournament itself.

World Athletics will name the 2029 and 2031 hosts after the inaugural Ultimate Championship in Budapest on 11–13 September.

The invitation, issued alongside a bidding framework built with PwC and CAF's technical, financial and legal advisers, is pitched as a transparent, ethical process aligned with global best practice.

The broadcaster has logged more than 920 million views across its official YouTube channel and social platforms as of Friday, with the tournament's final still to play on Sunday.

Africa's largest e-mobility firm turns to the country's most-supported club to convert brand awareness into adoption

The NFL will stage its 2026 NFL Flag Africa Continental Championship in Kenya from July 9 –11, the league's third edition on the continent and its clearest signal yet that Africa sits at the center of a global expansion strategy built around flag football's 2028 Olympic debut.

DStv Stream, MultiChoice's streaming app, will now ship pre-installed on Samsung's Smart TV range across 18 new African markets, including: South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and Zimbabwe.

The investment reads less like traditional sports sponsorship and more like a community-banking play. The trend is telling: financial-services and tech brands are increasingly treating Thunder as a marketing channel to young and urban audiences.

SportyTV's rights include the opening match, knockout fixtures and the final - reshaping free access in three of Africa's largest football markets, just as the tournament kicks off.

East African forex and investment platform backs BAL history-makers as it expands regional footprint. The partnership was formally unveiled at a launch event, with FXPesa citing the Thunder's BAL pedigree and unbeaten domestic record.

The partnership covers some of the biggest events on the global sporting calendar - the Los Angeles 2028 and Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games, the French Alps 2030 Olympic Winter Games, and the Dakar 2026 and Dolomiti Valtellina 2028 Youth Olympic Games.

African sports media platform SportyTV has secured free-to-air broadcast rights to the NBA across Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa for the next three seasons - bringing North American basketball to millions of fans across the continent at no cost.

Ujiri, who built his career from the ground up as an international scout before ascending to the top of NBA front offices, will oversee all aspects of basketball operations in Dallas, including roster construction, player personnel, and scouting.