| African Junior Judo Championships | |
| Current Event: | 2024 African Junior Judo Championships |
| Discipline: | Judo |
| Type: | Annual |
| Organiser: | African Judo Union (AJU) |
| First: | Tunis 2000 |
| Number: | 22 |
| Mostrecent: | Yaoundé 2024 |
The African Junior Judo Championships are the highest level of African judo competition for juniors, 21 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 held in Tunis, Tunisia in 2000.
| Edition | Year | Dates | City and host country | Venue | Countries | Athletes | Top country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2000 | ... May |  Tunis, Tunisia | ||||||
| 2 | 2002 | 31 July–5 August |  Abidjan, Ivory Coast |  Algeria | [1] | ||||
| 3 | 2003 | 9–10 August |  Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | ||||||
| 4 | 2004 | 17 July | Grande Rivière, Mauritius | ||||||
| 5 | 2005 | 7–8 July | Tunis, Tunisia | Tunisia | [2] | ||||
| 6 | 2006 | 30 June | ..., South Africa | Tunisia | [3] | ||||
| 7 | 2007 | ||||||||
| 8 | 2008 | 11–13 July | Niamey, Niger | [4] | |||||
| 9 | 2009 | 24–26 July |  Oujda, Morocco | Salle Omnisports de l'Université Mohamed 1 | Algeria | ||||
| 10 | 2010 | 31 July |  Dakar, Senegal | Tunisia | [5] | ||||
| 11 | 2011 | 22–23 July | Antananarivo, Madagascar | 110 | Algeria | [6] | |||
| 12 | 2012 | 2–7 October | Gaborone, Botswana | 103 | Tunisia | [7] [8] | |||
| 13 | 2013 | 2–3 July | Algiers, Algeria | 97 | Tunisia | [9] [10] | |||
| 14 | 2014 | 21–23 March | Tunis, Tunisia | 21 | 162 |  Egypt | [11] [12] | ||
| 15 | 2015 | 22–24 July | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10 | 91 | Algeria | [13] | ||
| 16 | 2016 | 21–23 July | Casablanca, Morocco | 12 | 79 | Tunisia | [14] | ||
| 17 | 2017 | 5–7 May | Cairo, Egypt | 9 | 93 | Tunisia | [15] | ||
| 18 | 2018 | 10 May |  Bujumbura, Burundi | Judo Sport Center | 14 | 111 | Algeria | [16] | |
| 19 | 2019 | 2–3 May | Dakar, Senegal | Dakar Arena | 17 | 120 | Algeria | [17] | |
| – | 2020 | align=center colspan=7 rowspan=2 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | ||||||
| – | 2021 | ||||||||
| 20 | 2022 | 21–22 July |  Nairobi, Kenya | Safaricom Indoor Arena | 21 | 141 | Egypt | [18] | |
| 21 | 2023 | 29 July | Antananarivo, Madagascar | Palais des Sports de Mahamasina | 17 | 137 | Egypt | [19] | |
| 22 | 2024 | 15 August |  Yaoundé, Cameroon | Palais des Sports Warda | 17 | 164 | Tunisia | [20] |