Liz Mills will be the only female head coach at the 2021 African Basketball Championship (Afrobasket) finals in Kigali. The tournament runs from August 24 to September 5.

Australia-born Mills, who is the head coach of Kenya, is a former assistant coach of local side Patriots who, in 2019, played a crucial role in the club’s qualification to the inaugural Basketball Africa League (BAL) finals.

She was appointed Kenya head coach in February this year, and weeks later guided the Morans to their first Afrobasket finals tournament in 28 years.

Mills is well-versed with African basketball, having also previously coached in Zambia and Cameroon.

At the upcoming Afrobasket finals, Kenya make Group C alongside continental powerhouse Nigeria, Mali and Côte d'Ivoire.

By press time Sunday, 14 teams had arrived in the country. The two-week tournament comprises 16 countries pooled under four groups of four.