Previous Winners
MTN Africa Cup of Nation starts in the year 1957 and take place in the gap of two years. Till date Egypt bags the maximum titles wins five times followed by Ghana and Cameroon four times winners where as Nigeria bags the title 2 times and Cote d'Ivoire, Sudan, Morocco, Tunisia and South Africa wons the title just one time.
Here is the list of all the title wins start from year 1957 till 2006.
Ghana 2008
| Year | Venue | Winner |
| 1957 | Khartoum,Sudan | Egypt |
| 1959 | Cairo, Egypt | Egypt |
| 1962 | Addis-Abeba, Eghiopia | Ethiopia |
| 1963 | Ghana | Ghana |
| 1965 | Tunisia | Ghana |
| 1968 | Ethiopia | Congo-Kinshasa |
| 1970 | Sudan | Sudan |
| 1972 | Cameroon | Congo |
| 1974 | Egypt | Zaire |
| 1976 | Ethiopia | Morocco |
| 1978 | Ghana | Ghana |
| 1980 | Nigeria | Nigeria |
| 1982 | Libya | Ghana |
| 1984 | Ivory Coast | Cameroon |
| 1986 | Egypt | Egypt |
| 1988 | Morocco | Cameroon |
| 1990 | Algeria | Algeria |
| 1994 | Tunisia | Nigeria |
| 1996 | South Africa | South Africa |
| 1998 | Burkina Faso | Egypt |
| 2000 | Ghana and Nigeria | Nigeria |
| 2002 | Mali | Cameroon |
| 2004 | Tunisia | Tunisia |
| 2006 | Egypt | Egypt |