# 2006 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 2006 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Germain Comarmond on August 9–10.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Olusoji Fasuba Nigeria | Uchenna Emedolu Nigeria | Eric Nkansah Ghana |

## Results
### Heats

Wind: Heat 1: -2.9 m/s, Heat 2: -2.5 m/s, Heat 3: -3.0 m/s, Heat 4: -1.7 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Uchenna Emedolu | Nigeria | 10.66 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Béranger Aymard Bosse | Central African Republic | 10.68 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Enrico Louis | Mauritius | 10.70 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Hannes Dreyer | South Africa | 10.72 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud | Egypt | 10.72 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Harry Adu-Mfum | Ghana | 10.76 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Idrissa Sanou | Burkina Faso | 10.83 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Mouhamadou Lamine Niang | Senegal | 10.88 | q |
| 9 | 4 | Eric Nkansah | Ghana | 10.89 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Sherwin Vries | South Africa | 10.93 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Moussa Baldé | Senegal | 11.04 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Olusoji Fasuba | Nigeria | 11.06 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Ben Youssef Meité | Ivory Coast | 11.07 | q |
| 14 | 3 | Tidiane Coulibaly | Mali | 11.11 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Wetere Galcha | Ethiopia | 11.12 | q |
| 16 | 1 | Thierry Adanabou | Burkina Faso | 11.15 | |
| 17 | 3 | Jack Ng'umbi | Zambia | 11.18 | |
| 18 | 3 | Ahmed Ondimba Bongo | Mauritius | 11.20 | |
| 18 | 4 | Yves Sonan | Ivory Coast | 11.20 | Q |
| 20 | 3 | Wilfried Bingangoye | Gabon | 11.27 | |
| 21 | 4 | Devilert Arsene Kimbembe | Republic of the Congo | 11.32 | |
| 22 | 4 | Benedictus Botha | Namibia | 11.35 | |
| 23 | 2 | Richard Chitambi | Zambia | 11.41 | |
| 24 | 1 | Tlhalosang Molapisi | Botswana | 11.43 | |
| 25 | 3 | Islam Mulinda | Rwanda | 11.48 | |
| 26 | 2 | Danny D'Souza | Seychelles | 11.58 | |
| 27 | 4 | Moise Kossi | Central African Republic | 11.68 | |
| 28 | 2 | Assoumani Ahmed | Comoros | 11.78 | |
| 29 | 4 | Souhalia Alamou | Benin | 35.04 | |
| | 2 | Chinedu Oriala | Nigeria | DNS | |
| | 3 | Éric Pacôme N'Dri | Ivory Coast | DNS | |
| | 4 | Yahya Berrabah | Morocco | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Wind: Heat 1: -2.5 m/s, Heat 2: -1.7 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Eric Nkansah | Ghana | 10.63 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Uchenna Emedolu | Nigeria | 10.70 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud | Egypt | 10.70 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Olusoji Fasuba | Nigeria | 10.71 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Sherwin Vries | South Africa | 10.75 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Idrissa Sanou | Burkina Faso | 10.81 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Hannes Dreyer | South Africa | 10.81 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Harry Adu-Mfum | Ghana | 10.81 | |
| 9 | 1 | Béranger Aymard Bosse | Central African Republic | 10.83 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Mouhamadou Lamine Niang | Senegal | 10.87 | |
| 11 | 1 | Enrico Louis | Mauritius | 10.94 | |
| 12 | 2 | Tidiane Coulibaly | Mali | 10.96 | |
| 13 | 1 | Moussa Baldé | Senegal | 11.00 | |
| 14 | 1 | Yves Sonan | Ivory Coast | 11.22 | |
| | 2 | Ben Youssef Meité | Ivory Coast | DNF | |
| | 1 | Wetere Galcha | Ethiopia | DQ | |

### Final

Wind: -2.9 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 6 | Olusoji Fasuba | Nigeria | 10.37 |
| | 5 | Uchenna Emedolu | Nigeria | 10.44 |
| | 4 | Eric Nkansah | Ghana | 10.65 |
| 4 | 2 | Hannes Dreyer | South Africa | 10.74 |
| 5 | 7 | Béranger Aymard Bosse | Central African Republic | 10.80 |
| 6 | 3 | Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud | Egypt | 10.81 |
| 7 | 1 | Idrissa Sanou | Burkina Faso | 10.86 |
| | 8 | Sherwin Vries | South Africa | DQ |