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Masai Ujiri announces GOA Youth Festival

MASAI UJIRI AND GIANTS OF AFRICA ANNOUNCE YOUTH FESTIVAL TO BE HELD IN KIGALI, RWANDA AUGUST 16–22, 2020

KIGALI, RWANDA (February 20, 2020) – The first-ever Giants of Africa festival – a week-long celebration focused on youth, basketball, empowerment and education – is to be held in Kigali, Rwanda this summer. The Giants of Africa Festival will bring together boys and girls from 11 African countries to highlight and celebrate each country’s unique culture and tradition, and two hundred youth from Nigeria, Senegal, Cameroon, Mali, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan and Somalia will participate in the week-long festivities.