Updated: March 4, 2021
Africa is not a country but a continent with 55 countries recognized by the African Union. Nigeria is the most populous and South Africa is the richest. Below is the list of African countries and their capitals
Alphabetical list of capital cities in Africa
| Country | Capital city |
|---|---|
| A | |
| Algeria | Algiers |
| Angola | Luanda |
| B | |
| Benin | Cotonou |
| Botswana | Gaborone |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou |
| Burundi | Bujumbura |
| C | |
| Cabo Verde | Praia |
| Cameroon | Yaounde |
| Central African Republic | Bangui |
| Chad | N’Djamena |
| Comoros | Moroni |
| Democratic Republic of theCongo | Kinshasa |
| Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville |
| Cote d’Ivoire | Yamoussoukro |
| D | |
| Djibouti | Djibouti (city) |
| E | |
| Egypt | Cairo |
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo (de jure), Oyala (seat of government) |
| Eritrea | Asmara |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
| G | |
| Gabon | Libreville |
| Gambia | Banjul |
| Ghana | Accra |
| Guinea | Conakry |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau |
| K | |
| Kenya | Nairobi |
| L | |
| Lesotho | Maseru |
| Liberia | Monrovia |
| Libya | Tripoli |
| Country | Capital city |
|---|---|
| M | |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo |
| Malawi | Lilongwe |
| Mali | Bamako |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott |
| Mauritius | Port Louis |
| Morocco | Rabat |
| Mozambique | Maputo |
| N | |
| Namibia | Windhoek |
| Niger | Niamey |
| Nigeria | Abuja |
| R | |
| Rwanda | Kigali |
| S | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | São Tomé |
| Senegal | Dakar |
| Seychelles | Victoria |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown |
| Somalia | Mogadishu |
| South Africa | Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial) |
| South Sudan | Juba |
| Sudan | Khartoum |
| Swaziland | Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (legislative, royal) |
| T | |
| Tanzania | Dodoma |
| Togo | Lomé |
| Tunisia | Tunis |
| U | |
| Uganda | Kampala |
| Z | |
| Zambia | Lusaka |
| Zimbabwe | Harare |
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