Uganda’s Fadilah Shamika Mohammed Rafi delivered a historic efficiency on the All Africa Badminton Senior Championships in Gaborone, clinching gold within the ladies’s singles and including a bronze medal in ladies’s doubles alongside Tracy Naluwooza.
On Sunday, February 15, 2026, the 22-year-old Shamika defeated South Africa’s Johanita Scholtz in an exhilarating three-set remaining (21-17, 16-21, 21-19) to safe Uganda’s second gold medal on the championship. The victory made her the primary Ugandan lady to win two gold medals on the continental showpiece.
“I’m grateful as a result of I didn’t have a lot time to organize,” Shamika stated after the match, thanking her father for motivating her by the powerful remaining.
Within the ladies’s doubles semifinals, Shamika and Naluwooza fell 2-0 (21-16, 21-10) to South Africa’s Amy Ackerman and Johanita Scholtz, settling for bronze.
Uganda was represented by 10 gamers below coach Frank Muwuluzi, although most have been eradicated in earlier rounds and the workforce missed out on the workforce occasions resulting from journey challenges.
Consideration now turns to the Uganda Worldwide Problem, due February 18–22 on the MTN Area Lugogo in Kampala, the place over 40 international locations are anticipated to compete.
