The second edition of the event in 2019 was won by singer songwriter, Nonzwakazi from South Africa with her original song "Phakama Mbokodo".

[18][19] In 2008 the EBU has announced signing a deal to license the Eurovision Song Contest format to Nibras Media company from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia that was supposed to produce in partnership with Tanweer Group from Dubai, UAE, a Eurovision equivalent for the MENA region called Arabian Vision with a participation of eight or nine broadcasters, which was not established since.

[1] The contest runs in five stages:[32][33][34][35] Eligible entries are original songs which have not been commercially released or published with a maximum duration of 4.5 minutes.

Votes from the general public and the AfriMusic judging panel combined, resulted in the selection of 19 countries, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, DRC, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Mozambique, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania and Zimbabwe to participate in the 2018 AfriMusic Song Contest finals.

[45][46] With total number of 2 325 459 public votes across all 19 countries, Symphony, a songwriter and singer from the Kingdom of Eswatini, was crowned the very first AfriMusic Song Contest winner, for the year 2018.

Out of total of 82 songs by 45 performers, the largest number of entries in a national selection was in South Africa (14), followed by Cameroon (11) and Gabon (7).

[62][63][64][65][better source needed] The 18-member judging panel for the Final was made up of Eurovision Song Contest experts, bloggers and community members; PanAmerican music experts and African music and production experts:[81][better source needed] Two winners of the special prizes were announced: Representative of Eswatini Zanele 'Symphony' Cele with the self-written song "Sengikhona" (performed in siSwati and English[87] and translated as "I Am Here"[88]) was declared overall winner of the contest on 30 March[89][better source needed][90][91][92][93] with full results of the contest revealed on 31 March.

Acting as brand ambassador, last year's winner Symphony has recorded several promotional videos inviting to apply and vote in the competition.

[114] 3 502 entries were received from artists across 16 African countries, namely South Africa, Zambia, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Mozambique, The Kingdom of eSwatini, Botswana, Congo, Liberia, Malawi, Rwanda, Senegal, South Sudan and Togo, no entries were received from the Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

A total number of 2 651 162 general public votes and judging panel combined across 13 countries, saw the undiscovered Afropop songwriter and singer, Nonzwakazi representing South Africa, take the 2019 AfriMusic Song Contest title.

[123][better source needed] 20 entries representing 10 countries chosen by Public and Expert Panels to compete in the Final were announced on 27 March 2019.

[133] Ghana was represented by five acts in the final, followed by South Africa with four entries, Nigeria with three, Eswatini with two and Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Rwanda and Zambia with one each.

Burundi, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Morocco, Namibia, Tunisia, and Uganda all submitted eligible competitors for the first time, while the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe returned after a year's absence.

[179] Winners of the four special Recognition Awards were announced on 23 April 2020: The following list of countries are eligible to participate in the AfriMusic Song Contest, but so far have yet to make their debut appearance.