A record 14 countries participated with 68 crews competing in 13 events with racing conditions seeing temperatures of up to 35 Khadra Mohamed became the first rower to compete for Somalia at the Africa Championships. Khadra lives in Sweden where the president of the Somalian Rowing Federation, Said Mohamed, is also based. Mr. Mohamed said that rowing is not possible to do in Somalia due to the current situation in the country so the potential for Somalian rowing lies outside of their nation. Overall, Egypt finished on top of the medals table with a medal from every event