The championship marked a historic milestone for junior golf on the continent, bringing together top young golfers from Region IV countries under the Africa Golf Confederation (UGC) umbrella.

Van Rooyen carded a five-over-par 293 after 72 holes, while Shutt finished on eight-over-par 296. Munesu Chimhini secured third place with nine-over-par 297.

With last year’s champion Dayne Moore from Zambia skipping the event due to an injury, Nsanzuwera came into full contention on the third day. On a Friday that was affected by a heavy afternoon downp..

In Tunisia, youngsters from South African and Morocco won the boys’ and girls’ titles respectively, while at the World Cup, South Africa’s boys finished in the top 10.