[1] The tournament consisted of four events, the men's team event and the women's team event which were named the Julius Nyerere Cup in honor of the late Julius Nyerere, who contributed in funding for the African championships in 1979.
[2] The mixed team event was named the June 25 Cup to commemorate the date of Mozambique's independence from Portugal.
[3] The junior mixed team event, the Dapo Tejuoso's Cup was named after the vice president of the Badminton Confederation of Africa.
[4][5][6] Zimbabwe made their debut in the championships and won the women's team event.
[7] Zambia finished up as runners-up at the junior mixed team event.