The Africa Zone was the unique zone within Group 3 of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2021. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Cairo, Egypt, from 11 to 14 August 2021.
Date: 11–18 August 2021
Location: Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt (clay)
Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools – one of four teams and one of three teams – and nations will play each team once in their group. Nations finishing in the top two of each group will play-off for promotion, with the winner of Group A facing the runner-up of Group B, and the winner of Group B facing the runner-up of Group A.
The two teams finishing third in their groups will enter a relegation play-off, with the beaten team joining the team finishing fourth in contesting Africa Group IV in 2022.
| Pot | Nation | Rank1 | Seed |
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| 1 |  Egypt | 67 | 1 |
 Kenya | 70 | 2 | |
| 2 |  Mozambique | 83 | 3 |
 Algeria | 85 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Benin | 94 | 5 |
 Ghana | 96 | 6 | |
 Rwanda | 99 | 7 |
| EGY | BEN | ALG | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings | ||
| 1 | Egypt | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 11–2 (85%) | 76–47 (62%) | 1 | |
| 5 | Benin | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 7–8 (47%) | 62–73 (46%) | 2 | |
| 4 | Algeria | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 3–11 (21%) | 54–72 (43%) | 3 |
| KEN | MOZ | RWA | GHA | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings | ||
| 2 | Kenya | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 16–3 (84%) | 111–45 (71%) | 1 | |
| 3 | Mozambique | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–3 | 13–7 (65%) | 90–64 (58%) | 2 | |
| 7 | Rwanda | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–5 | 9–12 (43%) | 86–98 (47%) | 3 | |
| 6 | Ghana | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–9 | 2–17 (11%) | 36–113 (24%) | 4 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-team ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-team ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (c) Davis Cup rankings.
| Placing | A Team | Score | B Team |
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| Promotional | Egypt | 3–0 | Mozambique |
| Promotional | Benin | 2–1 | Kenya |
| Relegation | Algeria | 3–0 | Rwanda |
| Relegation | N/A | Ghana | |
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Ghana 0 | Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt [7] 12 August 2021 Clay | Rwanda 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Placing | Teams | |
| Promoted/First | Egypt | Benin |
| Third | Mozambique | Kenya |
| Fifth | Algeria | |
| Relegated/Sixth | Rwanda | |
| Relegated/Seventh | Ghana | |
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