Meet the BAL Elevate top prospects for Season 4

They have become familiar faces to the Basketball Africa League, and for the third season in a row, young players striving at NBA Academy Africa are here to display their talent as part of the BAL Elevate Program.

Their age groups ranges from 15 to 18. The youngsters come from all corners of the continent of Africa and basketball plays a huge part in their daily lives.

Most left their families behind to feed their basketball dream, but who are they?

Meet the 2024 BAL Elevate Program prospects chasing a dream of professional basketball.

YAKHYA DIOP (Cape Town Tigers)
Age: 18
Height: 7'0
Position: Power Forward/Center
Nationality: Senegalese
BAL experience: Year 1

MOHAMED CAMARA (Dynamo Basketball Club)
Age: 18
Height: 6'8
Position: Forward
Nationality: Senegalese
BAL experience: Year 1

MOHAMED SYLLA (FUS Rabat)
Age: 18
Height: 6'9
Position: Power Forward
Nationality: Senegalese
BAL experience: Year 1

AGINALDO NETO (Petro de Luanda)
Age: 17
Height: 6'1
Position: Point Guard
Nationality: Angolan
BAL experience: Year 1

SEIFELDIN HENDAWY (Al Ahly SC)
Age: 18
Height: 6'7
Position: Guard/Small Forward
Nationality: Egyptian
BAL experience: Year 2 (Played for Petro in Season 3)

KHAMAN MALUACH (City Oilers)
Age: 17
Height: 7'1
Position: Center
Nationality: South Sudanese
BAL experience: Year 3 (Played for Cobra Sports in Season 2 and AS Douanes in Season 3)

ULRICH CHOMCHE (APR)
Age: 18
Height: 6'11
Position: Center
Nationality: Cameroonian
BAL exeperience: Year 3 (Played for FAP in Season 2 and REG in Season 3)

KHADIM MBOUP (AS Douanes)
Age: 17
Height: 6'9
Position: Forward
Nationality: Senegalese
BAL experience: Year 1 (Withdraw Kwara Falcons roster in Season 3 due to injury)

AHMED DEBOUI (US Monastir)
Age: 16
Height: 6'7
Position: Guard
Nationality: Tunisian
BAL experience: Year 1

DAVID UGONNA (Rivers Hoopers)
Age: 17
Height: 6'11
Position: Power Forward
Nationality: Nigerian
BAL experience: Year 2

AHMED ABOUELELA (Bangui Sporting Club)
Age: 17
Height: 6'6
Position: Guard/Forward
Nationality: Egyptian
BAL experience: Year 1

ASSANE MANDIAN (Al Ahly Ly)
Age: 17
Height: 6'5
Position: Guard
Nationality: Senegalese
BAL experience: Year 1