DANKIND ACADEMY BASKETBALL
KAMPALA, UGANDA

GIANTS OF AFRICA

The general manager of the Toronto Raptors Masai Ujiri created one of the if not the most successful youth basketball program in Africa by hosting annual summer camps during the NBA offseason. By expanding each year, Giants of Africa initiatives extended camps and outreach programs to include Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Rwanda, where over 200 campers had the opportunity to Dream Big with GOA.
Our goal is to bring these camps to South Sudan for years to come.

LUOL DENG CAMP

Since 2017 the DENG Camp has expanded its footprint globally and deliver new camps in both the U.S. and Australia for the most talented South Sudan high school players.
These camps will help facilitate more opportunities both on and off the basketball court for a community of players with whom Luol shares a similar journey. Our dream would be to host one of his camps at the academy in Uganda.

MIDNIGHT MADNESS

Show ’n’ Proove Courts:
The concept is constant 5 on 5, Winner stays on, All games are to 11, Streetball from 23:00 - 07:00 including the atmosphere of music but a statistical battle between every player for the chance to win a place on an All-Star team travel team competing in a tournament abroad. The program was originally created to help combat gun and knife crime in London, England by Nhamo Shire who stared using a series of basketball ‘open runs’ through the night as a positive diversionary activity for 16-25 year olds.

FIGHTBALL

The world's most intense one-on-one basketball competition. Fightball provides 'all highlights, all the time', taking one-on-one basketball and giving it a makeover - pushing its speed and intensity up to 11.
Fightball pits some of the world's toughest and most athletic ballers against each other in a show of skill, endurance, strength and passion. and when all is said and done, only one is left standing.

FIBA 3X3 QUALIFIER

The rules are very simple and designed to make it a fast, spectacular and exciting game. The non-stop music brings an authentic urban culture atmosphere, which attracts a new young audience to the games.
3x3 is an opportunity for new players, organisers and countries to go from the streets to the World Stage. The stars of the game play in a professional tour and some of the most prestigious multi-sports events. FIBA has made an official bid for 3x3 to be added to the Olympics.
Make sure you make an account at:  play.fiba3x3

REFEREE CLINIC

The academy aims to work closely with FIBA to increase the number of officials in East Africa. In to in order to obtain the title of FIBA Referee, candidates must:

- be proposed officially by their member federation;

- participate in a Clinic for FIBA Referee Candidates;

- pass theoretical (basketball rules), and physical fitness and practical (officiating the game) tests; 

- pass the English Language test. 

Only the official tests and examinations established by the FIBA Technical Commission are valid.

Clinics shall be organised by Dankind Academy which will be directed by the FIBA Technical Commission with the assistance of the FIBA Secretariat. They may be organised also by a Zone Technical Commission. In this event, the programme and the names of the FIBA Instructors conducting the clinic must be submitted to the FIBA Secretariat for approval.