As part of elections held during an Ordinary Session of the African basketball Executive Committee in the Ivory Coast capital Abidjan, Tunisia beat off opposition from Angola and the Central African Republic to be awarded the 28th edition of the event.

Tunisia,  continental champions in 2011, will host the men's competition for the third time but the first time in almost three decades after previously doing so in 1965 and 1987.

They are the third highest ranked team in the continent and 23rd in the latest world rankings. 

African champions in 2011 and London 2012 Olympic participants Tunisia will host the 2015 men's event ©AFP/Getty Images



Cameroon, meanwhile, will host the Championships for the first time, after beating off opposition from Angola and Ivory Coast to host the 24th edition of the women's event

Their success has been hailed as evidence of the sport's growth and exposure in recent years following their best ever finish of fourth place at the 2013 event in Mozambique.

In a nod to the forced transfer of hosting rights for many recent sporting events in Africa, for political and financial reasons, Angola have been placed on standby to stage either the male or female events should Tunisia or Cameroon fail to meet host-nation demands.