National champions Kenyan Ports Authority take on Rwanda Energy Group in their opening FIBA Africa Zone Five women’s club championship tie this afternoon at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda.
Equity Bank Hawks, the other Kenyan team in the eight-day championships, enter the courts on Sunday against Vijana Queens of Tanzania.
The winner will join defending champions, Alexandria Sporting Club of Egypt and other top teams from the other Zones in the finals slated for Cairo in December.
In the absence of the Egyptians, the Kenyan giants, who are in Group 'B' alongside REG, Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa (JKT) Stars of Tanzania, Nile Legends of South Sudan and JKL Dolphins of Uganda, remain favourites.
The bankers are in Group 'A' which also has Armée Patriotique Rwandaise (APR) of Rwanda and Gladiators of Burundi.
KPA lost 78-68 to Alexandria Sporting of Egypt in a hard-fought final played in the Tanzanian port city of Dar es Salaam last October.
