In 2015, the CAF Executive Committee changed the name of the tournament from the African Futsal Championship to the Futsal Africa Cup of Nations, similar to the football's version, Africa Cup of Nations.

Currently, Morocco holds the title of African champion after defeateing Angola 5–1 in the 2024 final held in the Moroccan capital.

[5][6][7] 2011 African Futsal Championship has been cancelled as Burkina Faso withdrew from hosting the event which was meant to start at the beginning of April and a replacement could not be found.

[14][15] For this edition, Morocco defeated Angola 5–1 in the final, thus joining Egypt as the two teams to have won the continental championship on three occasions.

In July 2016, Total has secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to support 10 of its principal competitions.