Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kanouté ya taka leda a tawagar 'yan kasa da shekaru 18 na Mali a gasar FIBA ta Afirka ta 2018 a Bamako. Ya samu matsakaicin maki 14.3, 5.4 yana taimakawa, da 4.4 ya sake dawowa a kowane wasa, yana jagorantar tawagarsa zuwa lambar zinare ta farko a gasar. Kanouté ya zira kwallaye 10, da kwallaye shida, da kuma taimakawa biyar a kan Senegal a wasan karshe kuma an kira shi MVP na gasar. Daga baya ya shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIBA ta 2019
a Heraklion, Girka. A wasanni bakwai, Kanouté ya samu maki 15.4, 5.1 yana taimakawa, da 2.4 sata a kowane wasa, yana taimakawa Mali ta kama lambar azurfa mai wuya, mafi kyawun wasan da wata kungiyar Afirka ta yi a gasar. An kira shi zuwa All-Star Five tare da abokin aikinsa Oumar Ballo.