Shuttle Time Tutor, Badminton Federation of Togo Childhood Days I spent my childhood in Sokodé, central Togo. It’s the stronghold of Togolese soccer and sport in general. Early on I loved playing soccer. Later, I decided to learn sports, so I went to the INJS (National Institute of Youth and Sports) and that’s where…
Date: September 28, 2023 In a historic moment for African badminton, the Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA) has officially inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the New Vision Badminton Academy (NVBA), headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with a branch in Dubai, UAE. This landmark agreement is set to revolutionize player development on the…
Coordinator, Badminton South Africa I was born in 1959 and raised in Cape Town, South Africa. I was raised in a modest but loving home, the third child in a family of four, with three sisters. It was school that my love for badminton developed and grew into what I have today with the…
Shuttle Time Tutor: Badminton Federation of Niger Ï spent my childhood in Niamey (Niger Republic) with my parents, brothers and sisters. It was a peaceful life. When I was child I like to study and followed my father and my brothers to the bush with our animals and sometimes I rested at home to…
BCA’s Road to Paris Programme Paves the Way for Mammeri Siblings’ Olympic Dreams MAURITIUS INTERNATIONAL SERIES 2023 The Badminton Confederation Africa’s (BCA) Road to Paris programme has been yielding impressive results as young talents like Koceila and Tanina Mammeri continue to shine on the international stage. The dynamic duo from Algeria showcased their…
World Badminton Day Celebration – President Bau Speech The World Badminton Day is an annual celebration that allows us to showcase our unwavering passion for the sport to the global community. It’s a day where badminton enthusiasts come together and demonstrate their commitment to this wonderful sport. The BWF initiated this event last year,…
LUGOGO STADIUM, KAMPALA: Over the past 14 days, Uganda, known as the Pearl of Africa, has hosted exhilarating Para badminton matches at Lugogo Stadium. The Uganda Badminton Association (UBA), renowned for hosting Para badminton tournaments in Africa since 2017, once again showcased its prowess as a super host. From the moment participants arrived at the…
LUGOGO STADIUM, KAMPALA: Favored Deada Jean Yves Yao led the pack of notable Para badminton stars who crashed out at the semifinals stage of the Africa Para badminton stage. Making his debut on the global stage last year at the Uganda Para badminton when he qualified for the World Para badminton Championships in Japan in…
Golden Eniola Bolaji leads the Nigerian team to qualify for the semi-finals of all the events they participated in LUGOGO STADIUM, KAMPALA: Soft-spoken Eniola Bolaji, aka Shea Butter, fresh from winning Gold at the just-concluded Uganda Para badminton international tournament in the Standing Upper (SU) 5 category, rallied her teammates to qualify for the…
MEET SENEGAL’S MAMADOU AIDARAN USING DANCE AND SPORT TO TRANSFORM HIS LIFE DAY 3: Africa Para Badminton Championship 2023 Lugogo Stadium, Kampala, Uganda Sporting catchy black and blonde dreadlocks, Mamadou broke into a jig as the World Badminton Day Celebrations were about to commence, and the invited participants cheered him on as he…
