Ghanaian music star King Promise wowed followers at Africa’s largest basketball event, the Basketball Africa League (BAL), with a efficiency that added pleasure to an evening of top-class sports activities and leisure.
The favored singer, recent from winning Artiste of the Year on the 2025 Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMA), took to the stage throughout halftime on the BAL Nile Convention conflict between Rwanda’s Armee Patriotique Rwandaise (APR) and Kenya’s Nairobi Metropolis Thunder.
The sport occurred on the full of life BK Area in Kigali, Rwanda.
APR gave the house crowd loads to cheer about, claiming an enormous 92-63 victory over their Kenyan opponents of their first group match of the event. The win sparked wild celebrations each on the courtroom and behind the scenes.
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After the match, King Promise joined the APR gamers within the dressing room, the place all of them danced to his hit track “Terminator,” which he had earlier carried out. The cheerful second rapidly went viral on-line, exhibiting the shut connection between music and sport on the continent.
King Promise, who additionally gained Best Afropop Song at the TGMA for “Paris,” introduced an additional layer of star energy to the event, which is organised by the NBA and FIBA. The BAL, now in its fifth 12 months, continues to develop in recognition, combining world-class basketball with African music and tradition.
In one other recreation within the Nile Convention group, Libya’s Alahly Tripoli defeated South Africa’s Made By Basketball with a rating of 87-77.
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The event makes use of a gaggle stage format, and the highest two groups will undergo to the Playoffs. With help from big names like King Promise, the BAL is changing into a must-watch occasion, bringing collectively sports activities, music, and African expertise underneath one roof.
