2021 Women's African Nations Volleyball Championship

The 2021 Women's African Nations Volleyball Championship is the 20th edition of the Women's African Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB) with Rwanda Volleyball Federation (FRVB). The tournament is held in Kigali, Rwanda from 12 to 20 September 2021. The top two teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship as the CAVB representatives.

Qualification
9 teams have registered to participate in the 2021 African Championship.

Pools composition
Ranking from the previous edition was shown in brackets except the host and the teams who did not participate, which were denoted by (–). The host country and the top 8 ranked teams were seed in the Serpentine system. The 4 remaining teams were drawn in Kigali, Rwanda on 11 September 2021.

Pool standing procedure

 * 1) Number of matches won
 * 2) Match points
 * 3) Sets ratio
 * 4) Points ratio
 * 5) Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser

Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser.

Group stage

 * All times are Central Africa Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool A

 * Notes

Pool B

 * Notes

Final round

 * All times are Central Africa Time (UTC+02:00).

Awards

 * Most valuable player
 * 🇨🇲 Christelle Tchoudjang Nana
 * Best spiker
 * 🇰🇪 Sharon Chepchumba
 * Best blocker
 * 🇰🇪 Gladys Ekaru
 * Best server
 * 🇨🇲 Laetitia Moma Bassoko
 * Best setter
 * 🇲🇦 Alexandra Erhart
 * Best receiver
 * 🇰🇪 Mercy Moim
 * Best libero
 * 🇲🇦 Yousra Souidi