| Tourney Name: | African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup |
| Year: | 1989 |
| Num Teams: | 21 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Champion Other: | |
| Prevseason: | 1987 |
| Nextseason: | 1991 |
The 1989 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup was a qualifying edition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) into the FIFA U-16 World Championship. The three winners qualified to the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship.
The first leg matches were played on either 2 or 3 July 1988. The second leg matches were played on either 16 or 24 July 1988. The winners advanced to the Second round.|}
Morocco advanced after 2−0 on aggregate.----Guinea advanced on penalties freekick 4–3 after a draw of 2–2 on aggregate.----Algeria advanced after the withdraw of Senegal.----Zambia advanced after the withdraw of Lesotho.----Mauritius advanced after the withdraw of Madagascar.----Zaire advanced after the withdraw of Kenya.----Gabon advanced after the withdraw of Angola.----Cameroon advanced after the withdraw of Liberia.----Ghana advanced after the withdraw of Togo.
The first leg matches were played on either 2 or 4 September 1988. The second leg matches were played on either 16 or 18 September 1988. The winners advanced to the Third Round.|}
Ghana advanced on away goal after 2−2 on aggregate.----Zambia advanced after 14−1 on aggregate.----Guinea advanced after 6−0 on aggregate.----Egypt advanced after 2−1 on aggregate.----Nigeria advanced after 4−2 on aggregate.----Ivory Coast advanced after the withdraw of Gabon.
The first leg matches were played on 8 January 1989. The second leg matches were played on 20 January 1989. The winners qualified for the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship.|}
Guinea qualified on penalties free kick 4–3 after a draw of 1–1 on aggregate.----Nigeria qualified after 5−0 on aggregate.----Ghana qualified after 3−1 on aggregate.
The 3 teams which qualified for 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship.