| Women | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Host |
| Women 2021 | Cameroon | Kenya | Morocco | Kigali (RWA) |
| Women 2019 | Cameroon | Kenya | Senegal | Cairo (EGY) |
| Women 2017 | Cameroon | Kenya | Egypt | Yaounde (CMR) |
| Women 2015 | Kenya | Algeria | Cameroon | Nairobi (KEN) |
| Women 2013 | Kenya | Cameroon | Tunisia | Nairobi (KEN) |
| Women 2011 | Kenya | Algeria | Egypt | Nairobi (KEN) |
| Women 2009 | Algeria | Tunisia | Cameroon | Batna (ALG) |
| Women 2007 | Kenya | Algeria | Tunisia | Nairobi (KEN) |
| Women 2005 | Kenya | Nigeria | Egypt | Abuja (NGR) |
| Women 2003 | Egypt | Kenya | Cameroon | Nairobi (KEN) |
| Women 2001 | Seychelles | Nigeria | Cameroon | Port Harcourt (NGR) |
| Women 1999 | Tunisia | Cameroon | Nigeria | Lagos (NGR) |
| Women 1997 | Kenya | Nigeria | Angola | |
| Women 1995 | Egypt | Kenya | Nigeria | |
| Women 1993 | Kenya | Egypt | Nigeria | Lagos (NGR) |
| Women 1991 | Kenya | Egypt | Cameroon | Cairo (EGY) |
| Women 1989 | Egypt | Mauritius | Algeria | Port Louis (MAU) |
| Women 1987 | Tunisia | Morocco | Egypt | Rabat (MOR) |
| Women 1985 | Tunisia | Egypt | Cameroon | Tunis (TUN) |
| Women 1976 | Egypt | Tunisia | Morocco | Port Said (EGY) |
| Medals index Women |
 Kenya 2015 |
