Former D’Tigers power forward Louis Edem has announced plans for the 2026 Women’s West Africa Basketball Championship, scheduled to hold in Lagos from August 1 to 9.
The tournament, organised by the Louis Edem Foundation, will take place at the National Stadium in Surulere and is expected to feature some of the leading women’s basketball clubs and players from across West Africa, including teams from Nigeria, Ghana, Benin Republic and Togo.
According to the foundation on Sunday, the championship forms part of its wider objective of using sports as a platform for youth empowerment, leadership development, education and social transformation across Africa.
The initiative is aimed at creating opportunities for young people through basketball and education at a time when many Nigerian youths continue to battle unemployment and economic difficulties.
The former Union Bank Basketball Club and Yelwa Hawks star stressed that sports remained one of the most effective tools for positively engaging young people, nurturing talent and opening pathways to educational and career opportunities.