Local volleyball league defending champions APR, along with Rwanda Energy Group (REG) will represent Rwanda in the men’s African Club Championships, which will be held in Cairo, Egypt from April 2 to 12.

The competition welcomes more than one team from each member country, but their participation sometimes depends on the willingness and resources they have in place to enable them to prepare.

Fernand Sauveur Ruterana, the second Vice President of the Rwanda Volleyball Federation (FRVB), said both APR and REG have applied to join the competition.

"The teams have already applied to the Ministry of Sports for permission to start training in line with Covid-19 prevention guidelines. We are still waiting for a response,” he said.

APR last appeared in the continental competition in 2015.

In that year, they finished sixth in the tournament that took place in Sousse, Tunisia.

For REG, it will be their first time to go into the championship.

For women’s teams, UTB and APR will represent Rwanda.

However, CAVB has not yet declared the dates for the women’s competitions. The venue has also not yet been announced.