Countries

Any full member of the African Union is allowed to send a song for African Contest, along with some non-sovereign territories.

As of E10, fifty-three countries have participated at least once. These are listed here alongside the edition in which they made their debut:

Countries and territories eligible to enter
In total, 63 countries and territories are eligible to participate in the contest. Out of that, 53 have done so as of E10.

African Union
As of E10, forty-nine out of 55 members have participated in the contest at least once. These are the countries eligible to participate, that haven't done so yet:
 * (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)
 * (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)
 * (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)
 * (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)

Non-sovereign territories
As of E9, four out of 8 non-sovereign territories eligible to participate in the contest did so at least once. These are the territories eligible to participate, that haven't done so yet: