Badminton Africa

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.^[2] It was formerly called the Badminton Confederation of Africa.

Badminton Africa

Abbreviation	BCA
Formation	31 August 1977
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Pretoria, Republic of South Africa
Membership	46 member associations 3 associate members
President	Michel Bau[1]
Website	https://badmintonafrica.com/

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.^[3][4] Willibard Kente was elected as a president, and Mariam Hamdan as secretary.^[4]

Member associations

• Algeria
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad (associate member)
• Comoros
• Congo
• Djibouti
• DR Congo
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mayotte (associate member)
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Reunion (associate member)
• Saint Helena
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• South Africa
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Presidents

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

Tournaments

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