The first African Chess Championship was played in 1998. Ibrahim Hasan Labib and Mohamed Tissir both shared first place with 7/10, but the former took the title.
The 2007 championship was the FIDE Zone 4 qualifier for the Chess World Cup 2007, the next stage in the 2010 World Championship. Six players qualified for the 2007 World Cup: IM Robert Gwaze (Zimbabwe), IM Pedro Aderito (Angola), IM Essam El Gindy (Egypt), GM Bassem Amin (Egypt), GM Ahmed Adly (Egypt), and FM Khaled Abdel Razik (Egypt).
Winners {| class="sortable wikitable" ! Year !! City !! Winner !! Women's winner |- | 1998 || Cairo || || |- | 1999 || Agadir || || |- | 2001 || Cairo || || |- | 2003 || Abuja || || |- | 2005 || Lusaka || || |- | 2007 || Windhoek || || |- | 2009 || Tripoli || || |- | 2011 || Maputo || || |- | 2013 || Tunis || || |- | 2014 || Windhoek || || |- | 2015 || Cairo || || |- | 2016 || Kampala || || |- | 2017 || Oran || || |- | 2018 || Livingstone || || |- | 2019 || Hammamet || || |- | 2020 ||colspan="3"| Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa |- | 2021 || Lilongwe || || |- | 2022 || Lagos || || |- |2023 |Cairo
|2024 |Accra
|2025 |Cairo
|2026 |Jwaneng
Multiple winners – Open Wins Player Winning years72009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 202442005, 2011, 2019, 202122025, 2026
Multiple winners – Women Wins Player Winning years52013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 202542017, 2018, 2022, 202632007, 2011, 201522021, 2024
Wins by country – Open Wins Country Winning years151998, 2003, 2005 , 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 202422025, 202621999, 20011201412007
Wins by country – Women Wins Country Winning years122011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2025, 202632001, 2003, 202332009, 2021, 202412005
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Notes
GM Ahmed Adly is the 2021 African Individual Chess Champion. WIM Jesse February is crowned 2021 African Individual Chess Champion.
References
Results from TWIC: 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014 Results from thechessdrum: 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014