{"id":2000104303,"date":"2026-03-05T15:37:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000104303"},"modified":"2026-03-05T15:37:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:37:59","slug":"gen-muhoozi-clare-akamanzi-discuss-basketball-development-in-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/gen-muhoozi-clare-akamanzi-discuss-basketball-development-in-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen. Muhoozi, Clare Akamanzi discuss basketball development in Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The talks, held on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, were also attended by Nicholas Mutebi, NBA Africa\u2019s Regional Partnerships and Sponsorships Lead, and journalist Andrew Mwenda, a close associate of Gen. Muhoozi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discussions focused on elevating basketball in Uganda to a professional level and creating pathways for young talent. Akamanzi highlighted NBA Africa\u2019s initiatives across the continent, including partnerships with governments and private sector players to develop basketball-driven economic opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a0Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba held discussions with Clare Akamanzi, CEO of NBA Africa, on Wednesday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As part of these efforts, NBA Africa plans to collaborate with Uganda\u2019s Ministry of Sports and Education to launch the \u201cNBA Junior League,\u201d a youth competition aimed at nurturing talent from secondary schools and preparing players for professional leagues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gen. Muhoozi and Akamanzi also explored the development of basketball infrastructure in Uganda to further stimulate economic growth. Akamanzi\u2019s visit comes as the country invests in sports facilities, including the newly completed Hoima Stadium and plans to renovate the basketball court in Lugogo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Discussions between the two officials focused on elevating basketball in Uganda to a professional level and creating pathways for young talent.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The Chief of Uganda People\u2019s Defence Forces, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, held discussions with Clare Akamanzi, CEO of NBA Africa, on strategies to promote basketball in Uganda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000104304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[151],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000104303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-editors-choice","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000104304,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/whatsapp-image-2026-03-04-at-18.03_34-3145c.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":667,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/whatsapp-image-2026-03-04-at-18.03_34-3145c.jpg","width":150,"height":100},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/whatsapp-image-2026-03-04-at-18.03_34-3145c.jpg","width":300,"height":200},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/whatsapp-image-2026-03-04-at-18.03_34-3145c.jpg","width":768,"height":512},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/whatsapp-image-2026-03-04-at-18.03_34-3145c.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/whatsapp-image-2026-03-04-at-18.03_34-3145c.jpg","width":1000,"height":667}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000104303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000104303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000104303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000104307,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000104303\/revisions\/2000104307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000104304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000104303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000104303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000104303"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000104303"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000104303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}