Thunder’s Ogechi among six African athletes building entrepreneurial skills through BAL Advance: Next Play

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 6 – Six African athletes including Kenya’s Basketball Premier League winner Derrick Ogechi took center stage in Nairobi last week as part of BAL Advance: Next Play, the Basketball Africa League’s (BAL) athlete entrepreneurship program held in collaboration with Afreximbank, which supports current and former African basketball players as they build ventures beyond the game. For the past eight weeks, 35 athletes participated in weekly entrepreneurship workshops and one-on-one coaching designed to help them develop and refine their business ideas. From that cohort, six part...

For the past eight weeks, 35 athletes participated in weekly entrepreneurship workshops and one-on-one coaching designed to help them develop and refine their business ideas.

From that cohort, six participants, Pol Mas (Kenya), Joan Mochiruku (Uganda), Derrick Ogechi (Kenya), James Mwangi (Kenya), Reem Moussa (Egypt) and Liam Reid (South Africa), were selected for a two-day immersion in Nairobi culminating in the Athlete Entrepreneur Showcase on September 30.

As the centerpiece of the program, the showcase provided an opportunity for each athlete to pitch their business or venture to an audience of investors, foundations, subject matter experts and leaders from across the basketball ecosystem.

Source: Capital FM Sports