▁from ▁artists ▁across ▁ 1 6 ▁African ▁countries , ▁namely ▁South ▁Africa , ▁Z amb ia , ▁Cam ero on , ▁C ô te ▁d ’ I vo ire , ▁Gh ana , ▁Niger ia , ▁Moz amb ique , ▁The ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁e Sw at ini , ▁B ots w ana , ▁Congo , ▁Liber ia , ▁Mal aw i , ▁R w anda , ▁Sen eg al , ▁South ▁Sud an ▁and ▁T ogo , ▁no ▁entries ▁were ▁received ▁from ▁the ▁Central ▁African ▁Republic , ▁Ch ad , ▁DR ▁Congo , ▁Egypt , ▁Eth iop ia , ▁Gab on , ▁Guinea , ▁T anz ania ▁and ▁Z imb ab we . ▁ 1 3 ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 6 ▁countries ▁saw ▁ 4 9 ▁qual ifying ▁songs ▁through ▁to ▁the ▁National ▁Se lections ▁round . ▁  The ▁competition ▁was ▁joined ▁by ▁Liber ia , ▁Mal aw i , ▁R w anda , ▁Sen eg al , ▁T ogo ▁and ▁Z amb ia . ▁Ent ries ▁from ▁ 1 3 ▁countries ▁were ▁verified ▁and ▁allowed ▁to ▁proceed , ▁with ▁entries ▁from ▁T ogo , ▁Liber ia ▁and ▁B ots w ana ▁failing ▁the ▁process . ▁Out ▁of ▁ 4 9 ▁entries ▁by ▁ 4 5 ▁perform ers ▁the ▁largest ▁number ▁of ▁entries ▁came ▁from ▁Gh ana ▁( 1 6 ) ▁and ▁South ▁Africa ▁( 1 0 ). ▁ ▁Following ▁ 7 1 4 , 8 1 0 ▁number ▁of ▁votes ▁from ▁fans ▁across ▁the ▁continent , ▁ 2 0 ▁contest ants ▁made