The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Antananarivo, Madagascar, in July 2016.
Two nations won promotion to Group II, Europe/Africa Zone, for 2017.
Date: 11–16 July 2016 Location: Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar (clay) Format: Round-robin basis.
The winners of each pool play-off against the runners-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2017.
Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below).