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African Nations Debate League

A recurring invitational for African national teams.

Editions

Field strength over the years

How strong each edition’s field was, on the cross-tournament strength scale.

Older editions predate a lot of the rating data we hold, so early years can read lower than they really were.

  • 2021Above Average
  • 2022Premier
  • 2023Premier
  • 2024Premier
  • 2025Premier

What gets set here

The topic mix across 1 analysed edition. Tap a year to see that edition alone.

12 categorised motions across all editions.

International Relations33%
Politics25%
Arts & Culture17%
Social & Identity17%
Sport8%
Grand final motions, year by year
  • 2025This House Supports the US Democratic Party adopting a resistance-first strategy towards the Trump administration. · Politics

What it takes to break here

  • 202521 pts · 79.8 speaks5/21 broke

21 points has guaranteed the break in 1 of 1 editions with break data.

How scoring works here

Field average 79.3 across 1 scored edition.

  • Top speaker pace80.9
  • Top-10 pace79.7
  • Top-20 pace78.8

Median average speaks at each finishing position, across 1 edition.

Records

  • Best speaker average80.9 🇿🇼 Menzimuhle N., 2025
  • Biggest field21 teams 2025
  • Strongest field2022 Premier

Top speakers in this series

The highest speaker averages recorded across every analysed edition.

  1. 1🇷🇼 Smart I.81.0
  2. 2🇿🇼 Menzimuhle N.80.9
  3. 3Peace J.80.8
  4. 4Jonathan A.80.6
  5. 5Opeyemi G.80.3
  6. 6Super N.80.3
  7. 7🇿🇼 Providence N.80.2
  8. 8Collins U.80.2
  9. 9Cheyenne P.80.0
  10. 10Okuku J.79.8
  11. 11Muhammad R.79.7
  12. 12Aristotle79.6
  13. 13Nix S.79.5
  14. 14Alex O.79.3
  15. 15Ree M.79.3