Victor Williams ran NBA Africa. But his story starts in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

His parents could have stayed overseas. They chose to come home. That choice shaped everything.

From a government school in Freetown to Harvard. From Goldman Sachs to launching the Basketball Africa League. Now he's betting on the continent again as founder of Lions Range Group.

This is a conversation about following your gut, building where you come from, and why sports is Africa's most underrated economic engine.