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| First event | 2023 African Para Games in Accra, Ghana |
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| Occur every | 4 years |
| Last event | 2023 African Para Games in Accra, Ghana |
| Next event | 2027 African Para Games in Cairo, Egypt |
| Purpose | Multi-sport event for athletes with physical disabilities from nations on the African continent |
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The African Para Games is a multi-sport event contested by para-athletes from African nations.
The General Assembly of the African Paralympic Committee (AfPC) in 2021 in Rabat, Morocco, elected and endorsed Ghana to host and organize the first African Para Games. Pursuance to the decision in 2017 by the AfPC General Assembly to have a stand-alone multi-para sports event for persons with disabilities and an impairment in Africa.
The first edition of the African Para Games was announced by International Paralympic Committee, Andrew Parsons, in January 2022 during a visit to Ghana, the host country of the 2023 African Games. [1] [2]
| Edition | Year | Host City | Host Nation | Opened by [lower-alpha 1] | Start Date | End Date | Nations | Competitors | Sports | Events | Top Placed Team | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023 | Accra |  Ghana | Mustapha Ussif [lower-alpha 2] | 3 September | 12 September | 18 | 400 | 3 | 7 |  Morocco (MAR) | [3] |
| 2 | 2027 | Cairo |  Egypt |
Notes:
The sports contested or planned to be contested at the African Para Games are; Para Athletics, Para powerlifting, Para Taekwondo, Wheelchair Tennis, Wheelchair Basketball, Goalball, Sitting Volleyball, Amputee football, and Blind football. [4]
| Number | Event | 2023 | 2027 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Sports | ||||||
| 1 | Wheelchair Basketball |  | ||||
| 2 | Amputee Football | | ||||
| Racket Sports | ||||||
| 3 | Wheelchair Tennis | | ||||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Algeria (ALG) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Morocco (MAR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Senegal (SEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghana (GHA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |  Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morocco (MAR) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 |  South Africa (RSA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  Kenya (KEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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