The Africa Zone was the unique zone within Group 3 of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2021. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Cairo, Egypt, from 11 to 14 August 2021.
Participating nations
Withdrawn nations
Draw
Date: 11–18 August 2021
Location: Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt (clay)
Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools – one of four teams and one of three teams – and nations will play each team once in their group. Nations finishing in the top two of each group will play-off for promotion, with the winner of Group A facing the runner-up of Group B, and the winner of Group B facing the runner-up of Group A.
The two teams finishing third in their groups will enter a relegation play-off, with the beaten team joining the team finishing fourth in contesting Africa Group IV in 2022.
Seeding
1Davis Cup Rankings as of 8 March 2021
Round Robin
Pool A
Pool B
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-team ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-team ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (c) Davis Cup rankings.
Playoffs
Round Robin
Pool A
Egypt vs. Benin
Algeria vs. Benin
Egypt vs. Algeria
Pool B
Kenya vs. Rwanda
Mozambique vs. Ghana
Kenya vs. Mozambique
Ghana vs. Rwanda
Kenya vs. Ghana
Mozambique vs. Rwanda
Play-offs
Promotional play-offs
Egypt vs. Mozambique
Kenya vs. Benin
Relegation play-off
Algeria vs. Rwanda
Final placements
and were promoted to 2022 Davis Cup World Group II Play-offs. and were relegated to 2022 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group IV.