See main article: 2016 Davis Cup.
The Africa Zone was one of the four zones within Group 3 of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2016. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Antananarivo, Madagascar, in July 2016. Two nations won promotion to Group II, Europe/Africa Zone, for 2017.
Date: 11–16 July 2016
Location: Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar (clay)
Format: Round-robin basis. Four pools of five teams (Pools A and B). The winners of each pool play-off against the runners-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2017.
Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below).
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Group A
| width=108 | width=108 | width=108 | width=108 | width=108 | width=108 | width=80 | RR W–L | width=80 | Matches W–L | width=80 | Sets W–L | width=80 | Games W–L | width=80 | Standings | ||||||
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| 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 11–1 | 22–4 | 148–66 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 8–4 | 16–10 | 127–105 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 8–4 | 17–8 | 125–105 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–9 | 9–18 | 118–134 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–12 | 0–24 | 36–144 | 5 |
Group B
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| 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 11–1 | 22–6 | 151–86 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 9–3 | 21–6 | 150–93 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 6–6 | 14–14 | 127–129 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–10 | 5–22 | 90–149 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–10 | 6–20 | 82–143 | 5 |
| Placing | A Team | Score | B Team | |
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| Promotional | 2–0 | |||
| Promotional | 0–2 | |||
| 5th–6th | 2–1 | |||
| 7th–8th | 0–2 | |||
| 9th–10th | 0–2 |