AFRICA Place Names
Algeria (People's Democratic Republic of Algeria) Algiers Algerian dinar Arabic
Angola[] (Republic of Angola) Luanda Kwanza Portuguese
Benin[]
(Republic of Benin) Porto Novo West African CFA franc French
Botswana[] (Republic of Botswana) Gaborone Pula English Setswana
Burkina Faso[]
(Burkina Faso) Ouagadougou West African CFA franc French
Burundi[] (Republic of Burundi) Bujumbura Burundi franc Kirundi French
Cameroon (Republic of Cameroon) Yaoundé Central African CFA franc French English
Cape Verde (Republic of Cape Verde) Praia Cape Verdean escudo Portuguese
Central African Republic (Central African Republic) Bangui Central African CFA franc Sango French
Chad (Republic of Chad) N'Djamena Central African CFA franc French Arabic
Comoros (Union of the Comoros) Moroni Comorian franc Arabic French Comorian
Democratic Republic of the Congo[n ] (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Kinshasa Congolese franc French
Republic of the Congo[n ] (Republic of the Congo) Brazzaville Central African CFA franc French
Côte d'Ivoire (Republic of Côte d'Ivoire) Yamoussoukro
West African CFA franc French
Djibouti (Republic of Djibouti) Djibouti Djiboutian Franc Arabic French
Egypt[n ] (Arab Republic of Egypt) Cairo Egyptian Pound Arabic
Equatorial Guinea (Republic of Equatorial Guinea) Malabo Central African CFA franc Spanish French Portuguese
Eritrea
(State of Eritrea) Asmara Nakfa Tigrinya Arabic English
Ethiopia (Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia) Addis Ababa Ethiopian birr Amharic English
Gabon (Gabonese Republic) Libreville Central African CFA franc French
Gambia (Republic of The Gambia) Banjul Dalasi English
Ghana (Republic of Ghana) Accra Ghanaian cedi English Twi
Guinea (Republic of Guinea) Conakry Guinean franc French
Guinea-Bissau (Republic of Guinea-Bissau) Bissau West African CFA franc Portuguese
Kenya (Republic of Kenya) Nairobi Kenyan shilling Swahili English
Lesotho (Kingdom of Lesotho) Maseru Loti Southern Sotho English
Liberia (Republic of Liberia) Monrovia Liberian dollar English
Libya
(Republic of Libya) Tripoli Libyan dinar Arabic
Madagascar (Republic of Madagascar) Antananarivo Malagasy Ariary Malagasy French
Malawi (Republic of Malawi) Lilongwe Malawian kwacha English Chichewa
Mali
(Republic of Mali) Bamako West African CFA franc French
Mauritania (Islamic Republic of Mauritania) Nouakchott Mauritanian ouguiya Arabic
Mauritius (Republic of Mauritius) Port Louis Mauritian rupee English French Mauritian Creole
Morocco (Kingdom of Morocco) Rabat Moroccan dirham Arabic Berber (internationally recognized) (claimed)
Mozambique (Republic of Mozambique) Maputo Mozambican metical Portuguese
Namibia (Republic of Namibia) Windhoek Namibian dollar English
Niger (Republic of Niger) Niamey West African CFA franc French
Nigeria (Federal Republic of Nigeria) Abuja Nigerian naira English
Rwanda (Republic of Rwanda) Kigali Rwandan franc Kinyarwanda French English
São Tomé and Príncipe (Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe) São Tomé São Tomé and Príncipe Dobra Portuguese
Senegal (Republic of Senegal) Dakar West African CFA franc French
Seychelles (Republic of Seychelles) Victoria Seychellois rupee English French Seychellois Creole
Sierra Leone (Republic of Sierra Leone) Freetown Leone English
Somalia (Somali Republic) Mogadishu Somali shilling Somali Arabic
South Africa (Republic of South Africa) Bloemfontein Cape Town and Pretoria
South African rand Afrikaans English Southern Ndebele Northern Sotho Sotho Swati Tsonga Tswana Venda Xhosa Zulu
South Sudan (Republic of South Sudan) Juba South Sudanese pound English
Sudan (Republic of the Sudan)
Khartoum Sudanese pound Arabic English
Swaziland (Kingdom of Swaziland) Lobamba (royal and legislative)
Mbabane (administrative) Lilangeni English Swati
Tanzania (United Republic of Tanzania) Dodoma Tanzanian shilling Swahili English
Togo (Togolese Republic) Lomé West African CFA franc French
Tunisia (Tunisian Republic) Tunis Tunisian dinar Arabic
Uganda (Republic of Uganda) Kampala Ugandan shilling English Swahili
Zambia (Republic of Zambia) Lusaka Zambian kwacha English
Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) Harare United States dollar and South African rand Shona Ndebele English