| Year | Driver | Country | Co-driver | Country | Car | | 1981 | Shekhar Mehta | Kenya | Mike Doughty | Kenya | Nissan | | 1982 | Walter Rohrl | Germany | Christian Giestdofer | Germany | Opel | | 1983 | Alain Ambrosino | Ivory Coast | Daniel Le Saux | Ivory Coast | Peugeot | | 1984 | David Horsey | Kenya | David Williamson | Kenya | Peugeot | | 1985 | Luc Requile | Rwanda | Martine Delervelle | Rwanda | Opel | | 1986 | Alain Ambrosino | Ivory Coast | Daniel Le Saux | Ivory Coast | Nissan | | 1987 | Alain Ambrosino | Ivory Coast | Daniel Le Saux | Ivory Coast | Nissan | | 1988 | Satwant Singh | Zambia | Luc Verhurst | Burundi | Toyota | | 1989 | Satwant Singh | Zambia | Surinder Thatthi | Kenya | VW | | 1990 | Walter Costa | Burundi | Rudi Cantanhede | Burundi | Peugeot | | 1991 | Satwant Singh | Zambia | John Mitchell | Zambia | Toyota | | 1992 | Aldo Riva | Italy | Enrico Roveda | Italy | Audi | | 1993 | Satwant Singh | Zambia | Enrico Roveda | Italy | Toyota | | 1994 | Abe Smith | Zimbabwe | Les Wild | Zimbabwe | Audi | | 1995 | Fritz Flachberger | Namibia | Wicus Bruwer | Namibia | Ford | | 1996 | Satwant Singh | Zambia | Surinder Thatthi | Kenya | Subaru | | 1997 | Satwant Singh | Zambia | Surinder Thatthi | Kenya | Subaru | | 1998 | Satwant Singh | Zambia | Surinder Thatthi | Kenya | Subaru | | 1999 | Charles Muhangi | Uganda | Steve Byaruhanga | Uganda | Subaru | | 2000 | Satwant Singh | Zambia | Mutumbi Goma | Zambia | Subaru | | 2001 | Schalk Burger | South Africa | Piet Swanepoel | South Africa | Subaru | | 2002 | John Gemmel | South Africa | Robert Paisely | South Africa | Subaru | | 2003 | Fernando Rueda | South Africa | Martin Botha | South Africa | Mitsubishi | | 2004 | Muna Singh | Zambia | David Sihoka | Zambia | Subaru | | 2005 | Muna Singh | Zambia | David Sihoka | Zambia | Subaru | | 2006 | Patrick Emontspool | Belgium | Alain Robert | Belgium | Subaru | | 2007 | Conrad Rautenbach | Zimbabwe | David Sihoka | Zambia | Subaru | | 2008 | Hideaki Miyoshi | Japan | Hakaru Ichino | Japan | Mitsubishi
| 2009
| James Whyte
| Zimbabwe
| Phil Archenoul
| Zimbabwe
| Subaru
| 2010
| James Whyte
| Zimbabwe
| Phil Archenoul
| Zimbabwe
| Subaru
| 2011
| Conrad Rautenbach
| Zimbabwe
| Nicolas Klinger
| France
| Subaru
| 2012
| Mohamed Essa
| Zambia
| Greg Stead
| Zimbabwe
| Subaru
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