Organized every two years, the All Africa University Games (FASU) draws its strong history all the way back to 1951. Drawing the inspiration from the bilateral annual sports competition hosted between the University of Ghana and the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

 FASU boasts over 4000 participating athletes from countries all over the African continent competing in 15 sports over a span of 5 days. The games include: Athletics, Badminton, Basketball (3×3 and 5-a-side), Billiards, Chess, Football, Handball, Karate, Netball, Rugby 7s, Snooker, Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis and Woodball. Three extra sports – namely Rollerball, Snooker and Woodball – shall be played for demonstration purposes.

“We’re a strong team that is ready to be challenged greater than our usual, with a strong mindset and spirit we’re here to win and bring something home!”

Yasmine Abou El Enein — Women’s Football Team Captain
Dina Harvey — Women’s Football Team Captain

“As individuals, each of us has countless championships to his name in Egypt or abroad, and as a team we are the closest of friends so that should make us more of a threat to the other teams. We are going for gold in all 3 events we will play.”

Mahmoud Ashraf Helmy — Table Tennis, Men’s Team Captain

“As Savielly Tartakower once said, “Nobody ever won a chess game by resigning.” so I’m ready to be challenged and bring something home!”

Yasmine Abou El Enein — Chess, Women’s Team Captain

“Fight till the last gasp and finish it off with a smile.”

Karma Sherif — Women’s Tennis Team Captain

“I’m really excited for the team more than anything. We’ve trained hard all season and have done well and we’re looking to top it off at the African Games. We really want to prove to ourselves more than anything that we’re a strong team.”

Aishah Habib — Women’s Basketball Team Capatin

“I expect great things from my team, we have been working hard, and I’m sure that it will pay off in the tournament”

Omar el Nebei — Men’s Soccer Team Captain