The Botswana Softball Association also named a preliminary squad for the U-23 National Team. Both teams will try to advance as the African representatives to their respective WBSC Softball World Cups.

The WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup Africa qualifier will take place in August following the qualifier for the inaugural U-23 Men’s Softball World Cup in June.

The Egyptian Baseball and Softball Federation hosted JICA and the personnel of the Japanese Embassy at the Greater Cairo Regional Baseball5 finals.

The Zambia Baseball Softball Association (ZABSA) hosted their “Triple Sport Launch" at the Olympic Youth Development Center in Lusaka. 

The new leader of baseball and softball in Nigeria believes "a new foundation" has been laid.

The Cape Verde Baseball Softball Federation becomes the 198th National Federation Member, and the 28th in Africa. The Italian Association Baseball for the Blind is the 13th Associate Member.

The French-speaking West African nation started playing baseball in 1993 and became the West African champion in 2019. The goal for the next four years is building a venue dedicated to baseball and softball, and establish the continent's first professional baseball league.

"We need everybody to come together to make this term successful," said Burkina Faso's new baseball and softball president, Ibrahima Sibore, who plans to launch high school and college competitions in collaboration with the government.

The new U-18 youth world cup, which rebrands the WBSC U-19 Women’s Softball World Championship, has been rescheduled for 27 March to 4 April 2021 in the Peruvian capital.

The Botswana Softball Association (BSA) has taken a decision to cancel the 2019-2020 BoFiNeT softball season due to the pandemic.