The African Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA) to crown the best badminton players in Africa. For the Team event there is the African Badminton Cup of Nations. This is not to be confused with the All African Games, the multi sports event, held every four years where badminton is included since 2003. This tournament established since 1979 where Kumasi, Ghana held the competition.^[1] Kenyan men's and women's team emerged as the champion at the first edition.^[2]

Championships

Number Year Host City Host Country Events 1 1979 Kumasi  Ghana 6 2 1980 Beira[3]  Mozambique 6 3 1982 Lagos  Nigeria 7 4 1984 Dar es Salaam  Tanzania 6 5 1992 Beau Bassin-Rose Hill  Mauritius 5 6 1994 Beau Bassin-Rose Hill  Mauritius 5 7 1996 Lagos  Nigeria 5 8 1998 Beau Bassin-Rose Hill  Mauritius 5 9 2000 Bauchi  Nigeria 6 10 2002 Casablanca  Morocco 6 11 2004 Beau Bassin-Rose Hill  Mauritius 6 12 2006 Algiers  Algeria 6 13 2007 Beau Bassin-Rose Hill  Mauritius 6

Number Year Host City Host Country Events 14 2009 Nairobi  Kenya 6 15 2010 Kampala  Uganda 6 16 2011 Marrakesh  Morocco 6 17 2012 Addis Ababa  Ethiopia 5 18 2013 Beau Bassin-Rose Hill  Mauritius 6 19 2014 Gaborone  Botswana 6 20 2017 Benoni, Gauteng  South Africa 6 21 2018 Algiers  Algeria 5 22 2019 Port Harcourt  Nigeria 6 23 2020 Cairo  Egypt 5 24 2021 Kampala  Uganda 6 25 2022 Kampala  Uganda 5 26 2023 Benoni, Gauteng  South Africa 6

Medal count (2011−2023)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa	23	11	19	53
2	Algeria	12	6	10	28
3	Nigeria	9	23	30	62
4	Mauritius	8	7	14	29
5	Egypt	7	12	28	47
6	Seychelles	2	1	4	7
7	Uganda	1	1	11	13
8	Réunion	0	0	3	3
9	Ghana	0	0	2	2
	Zambia	0	0	2	2
11	Botswana	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		62	61	124	247

In November 2019, Badminton World Federation released a statement regarding doping test failure of Kate Foo Kune in this championships and decided to disqualify her result in 2019 African Badminton Championships.

Previous winners

Year	Venue	Men's Singles	Women's Singles	Men's Doubles	Women's Doubles	Mixed Doubles	Team
1979	Kumasi, Ghana						Kenya (Men's)  Kenya (Women's)
1980	Beira, Mozambique
1982	Lagos, Nigeria						Nigeria (Men's)  Nigeria (Women's)  Nigeria (Mixed)
1984	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania		Indira Bhikha
1992	Rose Hill, Mauritius	Eddy Clarisse	Lina Fourie	Anton Kriel Nico Meerholz	Augusta Phillips Tracey Thompson	Anton Kriel Lina Fourie
1994	Rose Hill, Mauritius
1996	Lagos, Nigeria	Agarawu Tunde	Obiageli Olorunsola	Danjuma Fatauchi Agarawu Tunde	Obiageli Olorunsola Olamide Toyin Adebayo	Kayode Akinsanya Obiageli Olorunsola
1998	Rose Hill, Mauritius	Eddy Clarisse	Lina Fourie	Johan Kleingeld Anton Kriel	Lina Fourie Monique Ric-Hansen	Anton Kriel Michelle Edwards
2000	Bauchi, Nigeria	Denis Constantin	Amrita Sawaram	Denis Constantin Eddy Clarisse	Grace Daniel Miriam Sude	Abimbola Odejoke Bridget Ibenero	Mauritius
2002	Casablanca, Morocco	Abimbola Odejoke	Juliette Ah-Wan	Denis Constantin Stéphane Beeharry	Michelle Edwards Chantal Botts	Chris Dedman Antoinette Uys	South Africa
2004	Rose Hill, Mauritius	Dotun Akinsaya	Michelle Edwards	Johan Kleingeld Chris Dednam		Greg Okuonghae Grace Daniel	South Africa
2006	Algiers, Algeria	Nabil Lasmari	Juliette Ah-Wan	Roelof Dednam Chris Dednam	Michelle Edwards Stacey Doubell	Georgie Cupidon Juliette Ah-Wan	South Africa
2007	Rose Hill, Mauritius		Grace Daniel		Michelle Edwards Chantal Botts		Seychelles
2008	Abuja, Nigeria	Cancelled
2009	Nairobi, Kenya	Ola Fagbemi	Juliette Ah-Wan	Jinkan Ifraimu Ola Fagbemi	Grace Daniel Mary Gideon	Ola Fagbemi Grace Daniel	South Africa
2010	Kampala, Uganda	Jinkan Ifraimu	Hadia Hosny		Michelle Edwards Annari Viljoen	Dorian Lance James Michelle Edwards	South Africa
2011	Marrakech, Morocco		Stacey Doubell	Dorian Lance James Willem Viljoen		Willem Viljoen Annari Viljoen	South Africa
2012	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	Jacob Maliekal	Grace Gabriel			Dorian Lance James Michelle Edwards
2013	Rose Hill, Mauritius			Andries Malan Willem Viljoen	Juliette Ah-Wan Allisen Camille	Willem Viljoen Michelle Butler-Emmett	South Africa
2014	Gaborone, Botswana		Kate Foo Kune		Kate Foo Kune Yeldy Louison		South Africa
2015	The event was a part of 2015 African Games
2016	Not held
2017	Benoni, South Africa	Adel Hamek	Kate Foo Kune	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	Michelle Butler-Emmett Jennifer Fry	Andries Malan Jennifer Fry	Egypt
2018	Algiers, Algeria	Julien Paul		M. Abderrahime Belarbi Adel Hamek	Juliette Ah-Wan Allisen Camille	Koceila Mammeri Linda Mazri
2019	Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan Deborah Ukeh		Nigeria
2020	Cairo, Egypt	Julien Paul	Kate Foo Kune		Doha Hany Hadia Hosny	Adham Hatem Elgamal Doha Hany
2021	Kampala, Uganda	Adham Hatem Elgamal	Johanita Scholtz		Amy Ackerman Johanita Scholtz	Koceila Mammeri Tanina Mammeri	Egypt
2022	Kampala, Uganda	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Nour Ahmed Youssri		Lorna Bodha Kobita Dookhee
2023	Benoni, South Africa		Fadilah Mohamed Rafi	Jarred Elliott Robert Summers	Amy Ackerman Deidre Laurens		Egypt