World Tennis

World Tennis Dev. Officers in Africa

World Tennis Development Officers advise national associations across Africa and help implement programmes that grow the game.

North & West Africa

M. Amine Ben Makhlouf

Morocco Based in Casablanca, Morocco

West Africa

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

North Africa

Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia

Central & East Africa

M. Thierry Ntwali

Rwanda Based in Nairobi, Kenya

East Africa

Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

Central Africa

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon

Southern Africa

Ms. Tapiwa Masunga

Botswana Based in Gaborone, Botswana

Southern Africa

Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

The role of a Development Officer is to:

  1. Advise national associations and assist in the implementation of projects which form part of the World Tennis Development Programme.
  2. Evaluate and monitor the use of the funds and resources allocated to the national associations for various programmes, and the success of these programmes.
  3. Liaise with regional associations as appropriate.

What does a Development Officer do on a day-to-day basis?

Development Officers regularly conduct consultations with national associations. A consultation normally involves a complete review of a national association’s activities, an analysis of the tennis situation in the country, observing tennis programmes in action, and advice on organisation, planning and programming, including the following:

  • Coaches education: conducting Level I & Level II coaches and tutors courses, and helping national associations implement their own coaches certification programme.
  • Facilities: advising national associations keen to establish their own national training centre or improve existing centres.
  • Grassroots programmes: implementation and monitoring of the World Tennis Junior Tennis Initiatives, including the School Tennis Initiative (STI), Performance Tennis Initiative (PTI) and equipment distribution — a follow-up programme to the STI.
  • Increase and improve competitive and training opportunities by conducting training camps for the most promising junior players (and their coaches) and coordinating regional competitions (circuits) at 13/14 and 18 & Under, as well as prize-money events at adult level.
  • Coach to World Tennis Teams: players who perform well at junior circuits and camps are selected onto World Tennis Teams which travel to tournaments outside their region for a first taste of international competition.
  • World Tennis representative for zonal team competitions, e.g. Davis Cup, Billie Jean King Cup, Junior Davis Cup and Junior Billie Jean King Cup.

Each Development Officer spends an average of 30 weeks on the road working with national associations, players and coaches in more than 152 countries to develop the game.