| African Cadet Judo Championships | |
| Current Event: | 2024 African Cadet Judo Championships |
| Discipline: | Judo |
| Type: | Annual |
| Organiser: | African Judo Union (AJU) |
| First: | 2012 in Gaborone, Botswana |
| Number: | 11 |
| Mostwins: |  Egypt – 105 medals(43 gold medals) |
| Mostrecent: | Yaoundé 2024 |
The African Cadet Judo Championships are the highest level of African judo competition for cadets, 18 years of age or less. The championships are held every year by the African Judo Union, and qualified judoka compete in their respective categories as representatives of their countries. The first edition was helds in Gaborone, Botswana on 2012.
| Edition | Year | Dates | City and host country | Venue | Countries | Athletes | Top country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2012 | 2–7 October | Gaborone, Botswana |  South Africa | [1] [2] | ||||
| 2 | 2013 | 2–3 July | Algiers, Algeria | 108 |  Algeria | [3] [4] | |||
| 3 | 2014 | 21–23 March |  Tunis, Tunisia | 17 | 141 | Tunisia | [5] [6] | ||
| 4 | 2015 | 22–24 July | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10 | 89 | Algeria | [7] | ||
| 5 | 2016 | 21–23 July |  Casablanca, Morocco | 8 | 66 | Tunisia | [8] | ||
| 6 | 2017 | 5–7 May | Cairo, Egypt | 9 | 88 | Tunisia | [9] | ||
| 7 | 2018 | 10 May |  Bujumbura, Burundi | Judo Sport Center | 15 | 101 | Algeria | [10] | |
| 8 | 2019 | 2–3 May |  Dakar, Senegal | Dakar Arena | 14 | 114 | Tunisia | [11] | |
| – | 2020 | align=center colspan=7 rowspan=2 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | ||||||
| – | 2021 | ||||||||
| 9 | 2022 | 21–22 July |  Nairobi, Kenya | Safaricom Indoor Arena | 15 | 88 | Egypt | [12] | |
| 10 | 2023 | 29 July | Antananarivo, Madagascar | Palais des Sports de Mahamasina | 17 | 114 | Egypt | [13] | |
| 11 | 2024 | 15 August |  Yaoundé, Cameroon | Palais des Sports Warda | 16 | 129 | Egypt | [14] |