| Competition: | Women's African Nations Championship |
| Gender: | women |
| Continent: | Africa |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Size: | 250 |
| City: | Kigali |
| Dates: | 12–20 September |
| Teams: | 9 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champions: | Cameroon |
| Title Number: | 3 |
| Second: | Kenya |
| Third: | Morocco |
| Fourth: | Nigeria |
| Mvp: |  Christelle Tchoudjang Nana |
| Setter: |  Alexandra Erhart |
| Outside Spikers: |  Sharon Chepchumba |
| Middle Blockers: | Gladys Ekaru |
| Libero: | Yousra Souidi |
| Last: | 2019 Women's African Volleyball Championship |
| Next: | 2023 Women's African Nations Volleyball Championship |
The 2021 Women's African Nations Volleyball Championship is the 20th edition of the Women's African Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB) with Rwanda Volleyball Federation (FRVB). The tournament is held in Kigali, Rwanda from 12 to 20 September 2021. The top two teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship as the CAVB representatives.[1]
9 teams have registered to participate in the 2021 African Championship.
| width=25% | Means of qualification | width=27% | Dates! | width=20% | Hosts! | width=6% | Quota! | width=22% | Qualifier(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | ||||||||
| 2019 African Championship | 9–14 July 2019 |  Cairo | 4 | ||||||
| Zone 1 representatives | 1 | ||||||||
| Zone 3 representatives | 1 | ||||||||
| Zone 4 representatives | 2 | ||||||||
| Total | 9 | ||||||||
Ranking from the previous edition was shown in brackets except the host and the teams who did not participate, which were denoted by (–).The host country and the top 8 ranked teams were seed in the Serpentine system. The 4 remaining teams were drawn in Kigali, Rwanda on 11 September 2021.
| width=50% | Pool A | width=50% | Pool B |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Hosts) | (1) | ||
| (3) | (2) | ||
| (6) | (–) | ||
| (–) | (–) | ||
| (–) |
| Kigali, Rwanda | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| width=150px | Kigali Arena / KGL | width=150px | Petit Stade / PTS |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: Unknown | ||
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser.
| width=40 | Rank | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 6 | ||
| 7 | ||
| 8 | ||
| 9 |
| width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc | Qualified for the 2022 World Championship |
Sharon Chepchumba
Alexandra Erhart
Yousra Souidi