As the world shifts attention to the Paris 2024 Paralympics, Africa will be well represented with 44 countries presenting a total of 314 athletes that will participate in various sports.
In comparison to the Paris 2024 Olympics which ended a few weeks ago where nearly 1,000 African athletes participated in various sports, the Paralympics has lesser representation.
Despite the hope for success in the French capital, there is a worrying trend around the decline of Africa’s performance at the Paralympics.
At London 2012, the continent managed to amass a combined 112 medals but it fell to 99 medals in Rio 2016 and further depleted to 63 total medals at Tokyo 2020.
How far with Africa’s heroes in the Paralympics go with Egypt and Morocco leading the hunt for medals with the most representation, while the likes of Togo, Tanzania, Mozambique, Niger, Burkina Faso and Eritrea have a representative each for the two-weeks games.
Egypt: 54 para-athletes
Morocco: 38 para-athletes
South Africa: 32 para-athletes
Tunisia: 30 para-athletes
Algeria: 26 para-athletes
Nigeria: 23 para-athletes
Rwanda: 13 para-athletes
Kenya: 13 para-athletes
Mauritius: 6 para-athletes
Namibia: 5 para-athletes
Cameroon: 5 para-athletes
Uganda: 4 para-athletes
Senegal: 4 para-athletes
Ethiopia: 4 para-athletes
Ghana: 4 para-athletes
Libya: 3 para-athletes
Ivory Coast: 3 para-athletes
Angola, Botswana, Benin, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Malawi, DR Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe: 2 para-athletes
Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Niger, Mozambique, Tanzania, Togo: 1 para-athlete.
