The African Games are a project run by the African Union Sport Council and Zimbabwe started participating in the All Africa Games in Kenya 1987. Zimbabwe had the opportunity to host the 5th edition of the games in 1995. (Read more) The Games are necessary for the purposes of preparing athletes for the Olympic Games since they are hosted a year before the Olympic Games. The results of the country’s performance at the Games are as follows:
| Venue | Year | Position |
| Nairobi | 1987 | 10 |
| Cairo | 1991 | 5 |
| Harare | 1995 | 7 |
| Johannesburg | 1999 | 16 |
| Abuja | 2003 | 15 |
| Algiers | 2007 | 8 |
| Maputo | 2011 | 14 |
| Congo – Brazzaville | 2015 | 12 |
