The 13th African Games hosted in Ghana is being held from 8–23 March 2024.^[1] Despite having Accra as the main host city, the games are being held in two sub-host cities:^[2] Kumasi and Cape Coast.^[3][4] The games were initially planned to be held in August 2023, however a failure to complete facilities on time and arguments over marketing revenue resulted in the games being delayed to March 2024.^[5][6]

• Accra, Ghana^[7][8] (selected)
• Abuja, Nigeria^[8]
• Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso^[8]

Ghana won the rights to host the event in October 2018.^[9] In November 2021, Ghana signed an agreement with the African Union to host the event.^[4]

Plans to build a new stadium for the event were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[10]

The new Borteyman Sports Complex located in Borteyman, Accra is intended to be used for indoor sports.^[11]

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Venue	Events	Capacity	Status
Accra Sports Stadium	Football (details)	40,000	Existing
Borteyman Sports Complex[12][13][14][15]	Swimming (details)	500	Commissioned
	Handball (details) Wrestling (details)	500
	Badminton (details) Volleyball (details)	1,000
	Tennis (details)	1,000
Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium[16]	Field hockey (details)		Existing
Achimota Oval[17][18]	Cricket (details)		Existing
University of Ghana Sports Facilities[17]	Athletics (details) Rugby sevens (details) Weightlifting (details)		Renovation
Ga-Mashiae Hall	Judo (details) Karate (details) Taekwondo (details)		Existing
Bukom Boxing Arena	Boxing (details)	4000	Existing

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The mascot, the logo and the website of the event were unveiled in December 2021.^[19][20][21]

The mascot, known asɔkɔdeɛ (come on), is an anthropomorphic eagle wearing the Ghanaian Flag.^[22][23]

From the 54 members of the ANOCA. 53 sent delegations to compete in the event, the only exception was Cape Verde. Also noteworthy is the presence of a delegation from the African Judo Union. This happened because the National Sports Federation in Angola is suspended and the country's athletes competed as neutrals in the sport. However, their 3 medals are added to Angolan delegation in the final table.

Squash was expected to feature at the 13th African Games. But, when the final list of events, they were out from the games program.^[24][25] In February 2022, it was announced that cricket and arm wrestling will make its debut in the 2023 edition of the games.^[26][27] Rugby union (sevens) is also set to make its debut.^[28] A total of 23 sports games have been confirmed for the continental event.^{[29][30][31][32]}

Demonstration sports:^[33]

The schedule for the Games is as follows.^[34]

More information March, 4th Mon ...

March		4th Mon	5th Tue	6th Wed	7th Thu	8th Fri	9th Sat	10th Sun	11th Mon	12th Tue	13th Wed	14th Thu	15th Fri	16th Sat	17th Sun	18th Mon	19th Tue	20th Wed	21st Thu	22nd Fri	23rd Sat	Events
Ceremonies						OC															CC
Arm wrestling													14	14								28
Athletics																3	12	11	7	14		47
Badminton					●	●	●	5														5
3x3 basketball																●	●	●	●	4		4
Beach volleyball								●	●	●	●	2										2
Boxing													●	●	●	●	●	●	●	25		25
Chess							1	2	3													6
Cricket					●	●		●	●		1				●	●		●	●		1	2
Cycling							2	2		4		2	4	1								15
Field hockey															●	●		●		2		2
Football					●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●		●	●		1	1		2
Handball											●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	2		2
Judo										5	4	5	1									15
Karate					8	6	2															16
Rugby sevens																	●	●	2			2
Swimming							7	9	10	8	8											42
Table tennis		●	2	●	●	2	1	2														7
Taekwondo															4	4	4	4	1	8		25
Tennis													●	●	●	●	●	●	4	●	2	6
Triathlon													2									2
Volleyball									●	●	●	●	●		●	●		●		●	2	2
Weightlifting								12	12	12	12	12										60
Wrestling							6	6	6													18
Daily medal events		0	2	0	8	8	19	38	31	29	25	21	21	15	4	7	16	15	15	56	5	335
Cumulative total		0	2	2	10	18	37	75	106	135	160	181	202	217	221	228	244	259	274	330	335
March		4th Mon	5th Tue	6th Wed	7th Thu	8th Fri	9th Sat	10th Sun	11th Mon	12th Tue	13th Wed	14th Thu	15th Fri	16th Sat	17th Sun	18th Mon	19th Tue	20th Wed	21st Thu	22nd Fri	23rd Sat	Events

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Source:^[35][36][37]

  *   Host nation (Ghana)

More information Rank, NOC ...

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt (EGY)	103	47	43	193
2	Nigeria (NGR)	47	34	40	121
3	South Africa (RSA)	32	32	42	106
4	Algeria (ALG)	29	38	48	115
5	Tunisia (TUN)	22	27	38	87
6	Ghana (GHA)*	19	29	21	69
7	Morocco (MAR)	9	12	14	35
8	Ethiopia (ETH)	9	8	5	22
9	Mauritius (MRI)	9	5	11	25
10	Kenya (KEN)	8	8	21	37
11	Eritrea (ERI)	7	2	6	15
12	Senegal (SEN)	4	7	18	29
13	Uganda (UGA)	4	6	10	20
14	Zambia (ZAM)	4	5	5	14
15	Madagascar (MAD)	4	4	7	15
16	Niger (NIG)	4	1	6	11
17	Cameroon (CMR)	3	13	14	30
18	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	3	4	4	11
19	Benin (BEN)	3	1	0	4
20	Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)	2	7	9	18
21	Angola (ANG)	2	1	5	8
	Mali (MLI)	2	1	5	8
23	The Gambia (GAM)	2	0	0	2
24	Libya (LBA)	1	11	1	13
25	Namibia (NAM)	1	4	5	10
26	Burkina Faso (BUR)	1	2	7	10
27	Guinea (GUI)	1	1	1	3
28	South Sudan (SSD)	1	0	0	1
29	Ivory Coast (CIV)	0	9	9	18
30	Mozambique (MOZ)	0	5	1	6
31	Botswana (BOT)	0	3	10	13
32	Liberia (LBR)	0	2	2	4
33	Central African Republic (CAF)	0	1	3	4
	Gabon (GAB)	0	1	3	4
	Togo (TOG)	0	1	3	4
36	Equatorial Guinea (GEQ)	0	1	0	1
	Somalia (SOM)	0	1	0	1
38	Republic of the Congo (CGO)	0	0	5	5
39	Tanzania (TAN)	0	0	3	3
40	Chad (CHA)	0	0	1	1
	Djibouti (DJI)	0	0	1	1
	Guinea-Bissau (GBS)	0	0	1	1
	Lesotho (LES)	0	0	1	1
	Rwanda (RWA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (44 entries)		336	334	430	1100

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In January 2022, president of the International Paralympic Committee Andrew Parsons visited Ghana in support of the 2023 African Para Games which are also to be held in Ghana.^[38][39]

• African Games
• 2023 Africa Cup of Nations
• 2023 African Para Games
• 2023 African Beach Games
• 2024 Summer Olympics
• 2024 Summer Paralympics
• 2024 in Ghana