Timeline

# Year Country City Date Countries Contestants
33 2026 Ivory Coast & __COUNTRY2__ Yamoussoukrou 26th June - 4th July
32 2025 Botswana & __COUNTRY2__ Gaborone 8th June - 18th June 20 110
31 2024 South Africa & __COUNTRY2__ Johannesburg 12th Aug - 22nd Aug 27 142
30 2023 Rwanda & __COUNTRY2__ Kigali 13th May - 22nd May 31 164
29 2022 Morocco & __COUNTRY2__ Ben Guerir 20th June - 29th June 9 44
28 2021 Tunisia & __COUNTRY2__ Sousse (Remote) 18th May - 27th May 11 69
27 2019 South Africa & __COUNTRY2__ Cape Town 31st March - 6th April 11 54
26 2018 Kenya & __COUNTRY2__ Nairobi 23th June - 30th June 9 43
25 2017 Morocco & __COUNTRY2__ Rabat 10 46
24 2016 Senegal Dakar 21st Apr - 31st Apr 8 45
23 2015 Nigeria & __COUNTRY2__ Abuja 9
22 2013 Nigeria & __COUNTRY2__ Abuja 11 42
21 2012 Tunisia & __COUNTRY2__ Tunis 9 28
20 2010 Ivory Coast & __COUNTRY2__ Yamoussoukro 9 34
19 2009 South Africa & __COUNTRY2__ Pretoria 13 48
18 2008 Benin & __COUNTRY2__ Cotonou 11 38
17 2007 Nigeria & __COUNTRY2__ Lagos 5th Apr - 15th Apr 9 32
16 2006 Senegal & __COUNTRY2__ Dakar 11 42
15 2005 Algeria & __COUNTRY2__ Algiers 8 32
14 2004 Tunisia & __COUNTRY2__ Tunis 11 40
13 2003 Mozambique & __COUNTRY2__ Maputo 12
12 2002 South Africa & __COUNTRY2__ Pretoria 12
11 2001 Burkina Faso & __COUNTRY2__ Ouagadougou 8
10 2000 South Africa & __COUNTRY2__ Cape Town 7
9 1998 Morocco & __COUNTRY2__ Rabat 6
8 1997 Benin & __COUNTRY2__ Cotonou 4
7 1996 Uganda & __COUNTRY2__
6 1995 Morocco & __COUNTRY2__ Ifrane 6
5 1994 Ivory Coast & __COUNTRY2__ Yamoussoukro 3
4 1993 Senegal & __COUNTRY2__ Dakar 4
3 1991 Kenya & __COUNTRY2__ Nairobi 3
2 1989 Nigeria & __COUNTRY2__ Ibadan 9
1 1987 Morocco & __COUNTRY2__ Rabat 7