The Basketball Africa League (BAL) today announced that Hichem Benayad-Cherif, a forward for Algeria’s Groupement Sportif des Pétroliers (GSP), has received the inaugural BAL Ubuntu Award for his ongoing efforts to use the game of basketball to positively impact the lives of Algerian youth. Benayad-Cherif founded Elite Student Athlete Academy (ESA Academy) ([www.esa-academy.com](http://www.esa-academy.com/))… Read more on https://nba.africa-newsroom.com/press/hichem-benayadcherif-receives-inaugural-basketball-africa-league-ubuntu-award?lang=en