Badminton has been part of theAfrican Games since2003 inAbuja,Nigeria.

Badminton made its debut in theAfrican Games in2003. The first six nations to compete in badminton at the Games wereNigeria,Egypt,South Africa,Kenya,Mauritius andSeychelles. Six main events were held, which were men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, mixed doubles and the mixed team event.^[1] In the 2023 Games, the mixed team event was cancelled.^[2]

Games	Year	City	Best nation
VIIII	2003	Abuja,Nigeria	Nigeria
IX	2007	Algiers,Algeria	South Africa
X	2011	Maputo,Mozambique	South Africa
XI	2015	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	South Africa
XII	2019	Rabat,Morocco	Nigeria
XIII	2023	Accra,Ghana	Algeria

Nation	03	07	11	15	19	23	Years
Algeria		X	X	X	X	X	5
Benin					X	X	2
Botswana				X			1
Burkina Faso						X	1
Republic of the Congo			X	X		X	3
Democratic Republic of the Congo			X	X	X		3
Egypt	X	X	X	X	X	X	6
Eritrea					X	X	2
Ethiopia		X	X	X	X		4
Ghana		X	X				2
Guinea					X		1
Equatorial Guinea						X	1
Kenya	X		X	X	X		4
Mauritius	X	X	X	X	X	X	6
Morocco					X		1
Mozambique			X				1
Namibia		X					1
Nigeria	X	X	X	X	X	X	6
Senegal						X	1
Seychelles	X	X	X	X	X		5
South Africa	X	X	X	X	X	X	6
Togo					X	X	2
Tunisia					X		1
Uganda		X	X	X	X	X	5
Zambia					X	X	2
Number of nations	6	10	13	12	17	14
Number of athletes

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles	Team
2003	Edicha Ocholi	Grace Daniel	Greg Okuonghae Ibrahim Adamu	Michelle Edwards Chantal Botts	Chris Dednam Antoinette Uys	South Africa
2007	Nabil Lasmari		Roelof Dednam Chris Dednam		Georgie Cupidon Juliette Ah-Wan	Nigeria
2011	Jacob Maliekal	Susan Ideh	Ola Fagbemi Jinkan Ifraimu	Stacey Doubell Annari Viljoen	Willem Viljoen Annari Viljoen
2015		Kate Foo Kune	Andries Malan Willem Viljoen	Juliette Ah-Wan Allisen Camille	Andries Malan Jennifer Fry	Mauritius
2019	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Johanita Scholtz	Aatish Lubah Julien Paul	Doha Hany Hadia Hosny	Koceila Mammeri Linda Mazri	Nigeria
2023			Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	Husina Kobugabe Gladys Mbabazi	Koceila Mammeri Tanina Mammeri	Not held

As of the 2023 edition

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa (RSA)	13	10	12	35
2	Nigeria (NGR)	11	13	21	45
3	Algeria (ALG)	4	2	2	8
4	Mauritius (MRI)	3	2	8	13
5	Seychelles (SEY)	2	2	9	13
6	Egypt (EGY)	1	3	10	14
7	Uganda (UGA)	1	2	4	7
8	Zambia (ZAM)	0	1	2	3
9	Ghana (GHA)	0	0	1	1
	Kenya (KEN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		35	35	70	140

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