7 YEARS ON, AND DR. KINGSLEY METU FROM NIGERIA IS STILL PASSIONATE ABOUT DEVELOPING PARA BADMINTON IN AFRICA. The BWF Para badminton classification panel currently consists of 13 International classifiers under the able leadership of Dr. Shamsul Azhar Shah from Malaysia. A Para athlete himself, Dr. Shamsul has been very instrumental to the growth…
MARY NADINE, THE NEW AMBASSADOR HERALDING PARA BADMINTON IN THE MAROUA AREA OF CAMEROON. Despite traveling over 1000 km to attend the recently concluded BWF Level 1 coaching course in Yaoundé, Cameroon, Mary Nadine has yet again joined a group of BWF qualified coaches, sponsored by the BCA, to participate in this edition of the…
The badminton competition at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 kicked off on the 29th of July at the NEC hall, with the Mauritian African Champion Julien Paul taking on the World Champion LOH Kean Yew from Singapore. Julien Paul, just recovering from a nasty Achilles tendon injury sustained at the African Championships, gave a good…
Badminton Federation of Djibouti I was born in Djibouti as the eldest of four children. My parents invested a lot to make us happy. My father was a mason and my mother was a cook in a hotel. We had a more or less easy childhood and we participated in daily household chores. At…
The winner of the inaugural African Shuttle Time Award (ASTA) at the concluded BCA AGM was the Badminton Federation of Togo (FETOBAD). Initiated by the BCA, ASTA aims at recognizing Member Associations that have excelled in successfully implementing the Shuttle Time Programme in their countries. Through their Shuttle Time Coordinator Mr. Lamidi Elliasou, FETOBAD emerged top among…
Badminton Federation of Burundi I was born in 1966 in Matana in a countryside region in the south of Burundi. I’m the eldest in a family of eight children who lived off agriculture. My school was about 6 km from home. Like other children in my region, I loved playing football. After secondary school, I…
UGANDA’S NDEJJE UNIVERSITY CROWNED THE 2022 BADMINTON AFRICAN UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONS. The just concluded 10th All Africa University Games at the Kenyatta University saw Ndejje University take Gold in the Badminton Mixed Team event. Held in conjunction with the Badminton Confederation Africa further to their signing of a memorandum of understanding in 2018, the tournament…
Shuttle Time National Coordinator, Badminton Senegal I was born and raised in the 300-year-old city of Saint Louis, in the north of Senegal. I played various sports at school and in the street like many young Senegalese. At the end of my schooling, I went to Dakar for my studies which lasted six years…
The BWF and the BCA are committed to developing the capacity of their national federations. In this regard, the BCA, under the auspices of its Gender Equity Commission, conducted the BWF National Administration Course in Pretoria, South Africa. The course was scheduled for December last year but postponed due to the Corona pandemic. Twenty participants from…
Lesotho Badminton Association I grew up in a small family in Maseru, the capital of Lesotho. From a young age I was an active child who liked to be outdoors, running and playing. I have played tennis, table tennis, cricket, basketball, athletics and soccer. Upon completing high school I volunteered in a few youth organisations…
