The boys from Rwanda and the girls from Mali were crowned champions of the Giants of Africa 2025 Festival late on Friday. The event which took place at the newly opened Zaria Court Kigali ended with a co-ed All-Star game. The All-Stars were selected by Giants of Africa coaches.
Rwanda defeated Senegal 27-24 in the Boys Championship game. They defeated South Sudan in the quarter-finals and Democratic Republic of the Congo in the semi-finals.
The Girls Championship game saw Mali defeat Senegal 20-17. Mali defeated Morocco and Nigeria in the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively.
The RwandAir half-time show featured a special acrobatics performance from the Abatanguha Dance Company.
Earlier in the day, three awards were presented for the first-time at a Giants of Africa Festival. The GOA Coaches Awards were presented to Coach Sofia Bey (Morocco) and Coach Lebesa Selepe (South Africa) for setting the best examples in all aspects on and off the court throughout the week. The Best Team award was presented to the girls Democratic of the Republic of Congo team.
Giants of Africa Festival 2025 individual player awards were also handed out following the games:
| MOST VALUABLE PLAYER (GIRLS) | OUMMOU KOUMARE (MALI) |
| MOST VALUABLE PLAYER (BOYS) | DYLAN LEBSON KAYIJUKA (RWANDA) |
| MOST IMPROVED PLAYER (GIRLS) | CHAIMAA AARAB (MOROCCO) |
| MOST IMPROVED PLAYER (BOYS) | AMOS MUGISHA (UGANDA) |
| BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER (GIRLS) | AMINATA NDONG (SENEGAL) |
| BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER (BOYS) | PAPE MOUSSA DIALLO (SENEGAL) |
The All-Star game featured the following campers:
| COUNTRY | GIRLS | BOYS |
| BENIN | STEPHANIE NANDI | ONEL ULRICH BIO |
| BOTSWANA | MICHELLE THIPE-GUARD | MOTHEO MASULE |
| BURKINA FASO | ELFI GUIGMA | MARC ILBOUDO |
| CAMEROON | YOLANDE WENDY | DAN SCOTT EJENGUELE |
| DRC | MILOVE SAMBA MUEMBIA | MARC VINCENT KABANGU |
| ETHIOPIA | GELILA BEHAILU MULUGETA | EYASU GIZAW |
| GABON | MESSIE ABEGHE OBIANG | ALI IBRAHIM DANNY FERRY EYI NDONG |
| GHANA | SALAMATU HADI | ABDUL AZIZ YAKUBU |
| KENYA | MARY AWINO OWUOR | POWELL HARGOS AWINO |
| IVORY COAST | DEMBELE FATIM | KOBE DRISSA |
| MOROCCO | EIZA LOUVETON | NOAH MOHAMED ALI ALBAZE |
| NIGERIA | FAVOUR SOMTOCHUKWU ELERI | ZOJE OWINJE |
| RWANDA | INGABIRE LILIANE | DYLAN KAYIJUKA |
| SENEGAL | RAMATOULAYE SY | GEORGE BOISSY |
| SOMALIA | ADNA ADEN HERSI | AYUB AHMED MOHAMED |
| SOUTH AFRICA | LEAH FAURHOLM | IKE EJIKE |
| SOUTH SUDAN | GUEI GARANG | DOMBAI MABOR |
| TANZANIA | ROSE PASTORY KATAMBOI | FARAJA AMANI KAYUNGILO |
| UGANDA | SHIFRA KIRANDA | EDRINE EKAU |
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