Wednesday 18 February:
Nigeria 1 – 1 Guinea
Zambia 2- 1 Niger
Sam Diallo opened scoring with a penalty kick for Guinea in the 13th minute while Kelechi Nwakali equalized for Nigeria in the 82nd minute also via a penalty kick.
Patson Daka opened scoring for Zambia in the 7th minute while Wayne Museba made it 2 -0 in the 16th minute. Malick Saidou Gonda scored a consolatory goal for Niger in the 65th minute.
The table so far:
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | |
| 2 | Guinea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Zambia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Niger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |