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Badminton Africa

Governing body of badminton in Africa

Summary

Governing body of badminton in Africa

Field	Value
name	Badminton Africa
image	Badminton Confederation of Africa (emblem).png
size	150px
abbreviation	BCA
formation	31 August 1977
type	Sports federation
headquarters	Pretoria, Republic of South Africa
membership	46 member associations
3 associate members
leader_title	President
leader_name	SEY Michel Bau
website	https://badmintonafrica.com/

3 associate members

Badminton Africa (BA) is the governing body of badminton in Africa. It is one of the 5 continental bodies under the flag of the Badminton World Federation. It now has 46 member countries and 2 associate members. It was formerly called the Badminton Confederation of Africa.

History

Badminton Africa was formed on 31 August 1977 as African Badminton Federation during a meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The meeting was attended by delegates from seven national organisations from Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia. Willibard Kente was elected as a president, and Mariam Hamdan as secretary.

Member associations

ALG Algeria
BEN Benin
BOT Botswana
BUR Burkina Faso
BDI Burundi
CMR Cameroon
CAF Central African Republic
CHA Chad (associate member)
COM Comoros
CGO Congo
DJI Djibouti
COD DR Congo
EGY Egypt
GEQ Equatorial Guinea
ERI Eritrea
SWZ Eswatini
ETH Ethiopia
GAM Gambia
GHA Ghana
GUI Guinea
CIV Ivory Coast
KEN Kenya
LES Lesotho
LBY Libya
MAD Madagascar
MAW Malawi
MTN Mauritania
MRI Mauritius
MYT Mayotte (associate member)
MAR Morocco
MOZ Mozambique
NAM Namibia
NER Niger
NGR Nigeria
RWA Rwanda
REU Reunion (associate member)
SHN Saint Helena
SEN Senegal
SEY Seychelles
SLE Sierra Leone
SOM Somalia
RSA South Africa
SUD Sudan
TAN Tanzania
TOG Togo
TUN Tunisia
UGA Uganda
ZAM Zambia
ZIM Zimbabwe

Presidents

No.	Years	Name
1	1977–1980	TAN Willibard Kente
2	1980–1982 (interim)	SRI Ramachandra Balasuperamaniam
3	1982–2005	NGR Dapo Tejuoso
4	2005–2010	RSA Larry Keys
5	2010 (interim)	NGR Kabir Badamasuiy
6	2011–2013	ETH Dagmawit Girmay Berhane
7	2013–2017	RSA Larry Keys
8	2017–2018	NGR Danlami Senchi
9	2018 (interim)	ALG Amine Zoubiri
10	2018–now	SEY Michel Bau

Tournaments

African Badminton Championships
All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships
African Junior Badminton Championships

References

"BCA COUNCIL 2017-2021".
"Membership - BWF Corporate". BWF.
"History".
(November 1977). "A new African organisation is formed". World Badminton.
"ABF Council 2005 – 2009".
"AFRICA – Resignation of President of African Confederation".
"Mrs Dagmawit Girmay BERHANE".
"Chirwa gets Badminton Confederation of Africa position".
(22 May 2017). "Mugabi Elected Badminton Confederation Africa Vice President".
(25 May 2018). "Badminton - Michel Bau heads African badminton governing body".
"Member Associations".

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