The 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations known as the TotalEnergies U-17 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes or 2025 U17 AFCON for short is the 15th edition (20th if editions without hosts are included) of the biennial African youth football tournament organized by Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 17 and below.

The top 10 teams will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the CAF representatives.

Players born on 1 January 2008 or later were eligible to participate in this tournament edition.

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-outs are used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 75).

For teams eliminated in the group stage, the following criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the final rankings