Basketball & BBQ — Dakar's creative-scene tournament
Co-founder, with Seydi A. Sy and Cheikh Tidiane Sy
A tournament-meets-festival with 24+ teams, a DJ set, a barbecue, charity initiatives, a slam dunk contest and an All-Star game, gathering the most influential people of Senegal's and West Africa's creative scene.
The challenge
Bring Dakar's creative scene together around basketball, music and food.
Results
- 4 editions, including a Christmas edition
- 24+ teams competing
- One player went on to the Basketball Africa League with AS Douanes
Co-founded with Seydi A. Sy and Cheikh Tidiane Sy. One of the players went on to play in the Basketball Africa League with AS Douanes.
What’s next: bringing it back, bigger
We’re looking for an investor or partner to bring Basketball & BBQ back to life, and we’d love that partner to be the Basketball Africa League. If you can make it happen, or open the right door, let’s talk.
See the editions on Instagram: @basketballbbq and in the photo gallery.
What stayed
The art of the assist: what keeps going without me.
- A tournament Dakar’s creative scene comes back to: 4 editions so far
- A player who went on to the Basketball Africa League with AS Douanes
