Monique Akoa Makani
Monique Akoa Makani is a Cameroonian professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association and for Tango Bourges Basket of the La Boulangère Wonderligue.
Early life
Akoa Makani was born on 4 February 2001, in Edéa, Cameroon. She grew up there before moving with her family to France at age nine. She grew up playing football before trying out basketball in school, afterwards joining the local club Basket Charpennes Croix-Luizet. She played there for a year before joining the club ASVEL Féminin. She was a member of the ASVEL training centre for nine years.Professional career
France
Akoa Makani was promoted to ASVEL's first-team towards the end of the 2018–19 season, appearing in four games while averaging 2.8 points and helping them win the Ligue Féminine de Basketball title. She saw limited playing time for the club across the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons. For the 2021–22 season, she played with in Ligue 2, averaging 12.8 points per game.Akoa Makani moved to Charnay Basket Bourgogne Sud in 2022–23 and averaged 6.8 points while helping the club win the league title and a promotion to the LFB. In the LFB, she averaged 12.5 points for Charnay in 2023–24 and 14.7 points in 2024–25.
Akoa Makani signed with Tango Bourges Basket for the 2025–26 season.