The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier is scheduled to be a tournament played as part of qualification process for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, during October and November 2021. In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full international status to Twenty20 men's matches played between member sides from 1 January 2019 onwards. Therefore, all the matches in the Regional Qualifiers will be played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). The Africa Qualifier will start with a sub-regional qualifier consisting of two groups, with the top two teams in each group progressing to the Regional Final. Kenya and Nigeria, the two highest ranked teams as of 1 January 2020, progressed directly to the Regional Final.