The games are the ultimate multisport continental event where all Degree awarding Institutions in Africa can present their own registered students aged 17 to 25 years, no matter their nationality. Such a university shall require verification by their National University Sports Federations.

The program includes: Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Chess, Football, Table Tennis, Tennis, Volleyball, Handball, Swimming, Taekwondo and Karate in both genders. Woodball, Roll Ball, Goalball, Sitting Volleyball and Gurasumo (Kenyan, Borana Traditional game) shall be for demonstration purposes.

The tournament shall be used to qualify African representative teams to the FISU University World Cup Soccer 2023 for both men and women in Jinjiang China.

Double Scoring System: FASU awards medals to winning athletes, and trophies to overall winning universities trophies (Men, Women and Combined) based on the Olympic medal tally system. Overall Trophies (Men, Women and Combined) shall also be given to the National Federations whose universities collect the highest medal tally. Individual Universities and Countries efforts will be recognized.

Details of the event can be found on the Federation Of Africa University Sports (FASU) website.