Silverbacks already holds a significant minority stake in the Cape Town Tigers, a team that has competed for three seasons in the Basketball Africa League.

NBA Africa and Senyorita through its snack brand, LION to launch NBA’s First University Basketball Tournament on the African Continent. Lion joins existing partners Allianz and MAVEN Developments as Official Partners of the Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA tournament in Egypt, that will expand to include nearly 150 boys’ and girls’ teams this year.

NBA provided winners with financial support and the opportunity to join the Carnegie Mellon University Africa 12-Month Business Incubation program. See all prize winners.

The league launched the program last year to support the continents technology advancement and ecosystem and the next African entrepreneurs. The program is open to early-stage African startup companies that develop solutions in the sport and creative industries.

The league is looking to evolve into a 12-team league with permanent franchises in the coming years, these teams will own their own arenas and have permanent homes across the continent.

The partnership will see the existing Angola-focused brand’s collaboration extend to other parts of Africa including the Democratic Republic of Congo, The Gambia and Sierra Leone.