All-Africa University Games

The All-Africa University Games is a regional multi-sport event representing Africa, organized for university athletes by the Federation of Africa University Sports (FASU). The games were first held in 1975 in Accra, Ghana.

All-Africa University Games

First event	1975 Accra
Occur every	Four years
Last event	2018 Mekelle
Purpose	Multi-sport event for universities in Africa.
Organization	FASU

History

The FASU All-Africa University Games were first held around the 1974-75 new year period in Accra, Ghana and again at the same time of year in 1978–79 in Nairobi, Kenya. The event was after scheduled to be held in Lusaka, Zambia in 1982, however was cancelled and not re-introduced until 2004 in Nigeria when only a very limited range of men's events were contested.^[1]

It was set for a tenth edition in 2020, but this was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

Editions

Games	Year	Host country	Host city	Dates	Nations	Competitors			Sports	Top nation
						Men	Women	Total
I	1975	Ghana	Accra	27 December 1974 – 1 January 1975	13				8	Liberia
II	1979	Kenya	Nairobi	29 December 1978 – 8 January 1979	14				10	Angola
III	2004	Nigeria	Bauchi	14–22 April	15				7
IV[3]	2006	South Africa	Tshwane	1–8 July	16			1000	14	South Africa
V	2008	Uganda	Kampala	6–16 July	14			803	17	South Africa
VI	2012	Namibia	Windhoek	15–22 December	18			750	12	Egypt
VII	2014	Kenya	Nairobi	11–18 July[4][5]
VIII	2016	South Africa	Johannesburg	26 June – 2 July[6]	35	328	146	476	10	South Africa[7]
IX	2018	Ethiopia	Mekelle	1–8 July[8]
X	2022	Kenya	Nairobi[2]	6–10 June[9]	14[10]			1450	12
XI	2024	Nigeria	Lagos[11]	20–29 September					13

See also

• FISU World University Games (Universiade)