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Rwandans will effective
tomorrow watch a new basketball competition dubbed Agaciro basketball
tournament, aimed at reminding a sense of Rwandan resilience in sports.
The tournament sponsored
by Agaciro development fund (AGF) in partnership with Rwanda Basketball
Federation (Ferwaba), was announced this Wednesday at a press conference held
in Kigali.
This tourney will be the
first of its kind and a new idea by AGF, bringing together four best teams (men
and ladies) from the 2018-2019 championship plus six teams in the under 17
(U17) age bracket.
The teams will sweat and
hustle each other out in all-round return games on November 22, 23, and 28 and
a final face off on November 29, at the newly constructed basketball pitch of
Kigali Arena in Remera sector, Kigali city.
The men’s team category
will include rivals Patriots (this year’s champ), and REG basketball clubs
(BBC) and two other contenders -Espoir and APR BBC.
In the ladies league,
teams like; The Hoops BBC, IPRC, APR and Ubumwe BBC will also show off the best
of their best.
The players will compete
separately for lucrative awards. All winners in both categories will get Rwf2
million cash prizes while the U17 victors will get trophies and new basketball
court shoes.
With the growing appetite
for basketball games ignited by a state of the art Kigali Arena stadium, the
tournament is expected to pull crowds and possibly fill up to the brim.
According to the
organisers, “The teams will be able to hire or use any basketballer in the
tournament,” said Desire Mugwiza, the Ferwaba president.
Jack Kayonga, the CEO of
AGF said that the game is aimed at sensitizing Rwandans on the fund and promote
community participation in contributions.
As of October 2019, the
AGF fund has collected Rwf50billion since its establishment in 2011 and has
assets worth Rwf195billion through investing in 28 companies, in treasury bonds
and lending to local financial institutions.
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