Job Title: Senior HR Director
Company: NBA Africa
Nyameka Semenya is currently the senior HR director for NBA Africa and the Basketball Africa League (BAL).
Before joining the National Basketball Association in 2024, she spent more than a decade at MultiChoice Group, where she most recently served as head of HR to the group CTO and executive heads. Prior to this, she was general manager of HR at the same organisation.
Earlier in her career, she was an HR business partner at Woolworths.
Nyameka holds an honours degree in industrial and organisational psychology from the University of South Africa and a BA in HR management, with a focus on industrial and organisational psychology, from Nelson Mandela University.
Work:
2024 – Present HR senior director, NBA Africa and Basketball Africa League
2016 – 2022 Head of HR, MultiChoice Group
2012 – 2016 General manager for HR, MultiChoice Group
2007 – 2012 HR business partner, Woolworths
Education:
2011 – 2012 Honours in industrial and organisational psychology, University of South Africa
2002 – 2004 BA in HR management, industrial and organisational psychology, Nelson Mandela University
About company: The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a global sports and media organisation with the mission to inspire and connect people everywhere through the power of basketball. Through NBA Africa, the league supports the growth of basketball and the development of the sport’s ecosystem across the continent, while the Basketball Africa League is a professional league featuring teams from across Africa.
