Amadou Gallo Fall is the President of the Basketball Africa League, the premier men's basketball league on the continent. He has been at the helm of the game's transformation and acceleration in Africa for more than two decades notably as the founder of Sports for Education, Economic Development, an organization maximizing the impact of sports for social change and economic empowerment, and VP for NBA Africa. On the podcast he shares the story of his unlikely and almost forced journey in sports, and why he pursued a career using sports as a tool to uplift people from the most disadvantaged communities. Fall sees the Basketball Africa League as the natural culmination of all the works he and others have done throughout the years to elevate the image of basketball in Africa. He shares the vision of the league, its social and economic impact on the continent, as well as its organization and plans We also explore the history, present impact and future prospects of basketball in Africa and the global game.
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