Kenya's welterweight Elizabeth Akinyi and Burundi's flyweight Ornella Havyarimana are among the five African women boxers who have received byes to the second round in the Tokyo Olympics.
Akinyi will now take on Mozambique's Alcinda Helena on July 27.
Havyarimana on the other hand meets the winner between Canada's Mandy Bujola v Nina Radovanovic on July 29.
Morocco's welter Oumayma Belabib has a date with Ukraine's Anna Lysenko on July 27. Both boxers received byes.
In an all-African lightweight battle, Algeria's Imane Khelif battles it out with Tunisia's Mariem Zayani, both having received byes to the second round.
The African women will open their campaign tomorrow (July 24) when DR Congo's Sakobi Matshu fights Nesty Petecio of the Philippines in the featherweight division while Botswana's featherweight Sadie Kenosi battles Britain's Karriss Artingstall.
Another Kenyan Elly Ajowi and Uganda's polished welter Shadir Bwogi have made it to the second round without throwing a punch, courtesy of byes following Thursday's draws in Tokyo.
Ajowi, the 2019 African Games bronze medallist, now meets Cuba's Julio la Cruz on July 27 with Bwogi clashing with the winner of the preliminary bout between Azebaijan's Lorenzo Collazo v Esrkerkhan Madiev on July 27.
Among other African boxers who got byes is Algeria's Africa flyweight champ Mohammed Flisi and Namibia's Africa and Commonwealth Games lightweight champion Jonas Jonas.
Jonas will fight the winner between Papua New Guinea's John Ume and Australia's Harv Garside on and Flisi takes on the winner between Ireland's Brendan Irvine v Caalo Parlam from the Philippines on July 31.
In some of the fights featuring African boxers after Thursday's draw, Ghana's flyweight Selemanu Tetteh meets Rodrigo Rosa, Zambia's Patrick Chinyemba battles Alex Winwood from Australia and Uganda's middleweight David Ssemuju will clash with Algeria's Younes Nemouichi, all the three bouts on July 26.