Former Kepler basketball player Chad Bowie has joined Kenyan side Nairobi City Thunder ahead of the club’s 2027 Basketball Africa League (BAL) Elite 16 campaign.

The 30-year-old point guard is familiar to Rwanda basketball fans, having previously featured for Kepler in the Rwanda Basketball League before moving to Uganda’s City Oilers.

Bowie was a key player at Kepler, winning the Most Valuable Player award for the 2023/2024 regular season. In 2024, he finished as the league’s top scorer with 410 points, recorded 62 steals, and ranked third in three-point shooting, with 54 points from beyond the arc.

Nairobi City Thunder will compete in the East Division Elite 16 tournament, the final stage of the BAL qualifiers, scheduled for November 18-23 at Kasarani Indoor Arena in Nairobi.

Bowie is the son of former Orlando Magic shooting guard Anthony Lee Bowie. Born in Italy, he is originally from Orlando, Florida, and moved to Houston, Texas, while in eighth grade.