This is the list of countries in Africa, their capitals and currency.
Africa has 54 recognized sovereign countries with unique capital, currencies, and Languages. Apart from these sovereign countries, there are 10 non-sovereign territories, partially recognized territory like the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, De facto State with no international recognition like the Republic of Somaliland and lastly the dependent territories like Reunion Island, Saint Helena Island and Mayotte Island
Africa is bounded on the North by the Mediterranean sea, on the West by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the mingling waters of the Atlantic and Indian ocean and on the East by the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, Africa covers about one-fifth of the total land surface of Earth.
It has a population of over 1.2 billion people, with a majority of the countries staying in the Northern Hemisphere and just a few in the Southern Hemisphere.
Find the list of Countries in Africa and their capitals below:
| Countries | Capital | Currency |
|---|---|---|
| Algeria | Algiers | Algerian dinar |
| Angola | Luanda | Angolan kwanza |
| Benin | Porto-Novo | West African CFA franc |
| Botswana | Gaborone | Botswana pula |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | West African CFA franc |
| Burundi | Gitega | Burundi franc |
| Cape Verde | Praia | Cape Verdean escudo |
| Cameroon | Yaounde | Central African CFA franc |
| Central African Republic | Bangui | Central African CFA franc |
| Chad | N'Djamena | Central African CFA franc |
| Comoros | Moroni | Comorian franc |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | Kinshasa | Congolese franc |
| Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | Central African CFA franc |
| Cote d’Ivoire | Yamoussoukro | West African CFA franc |
| Djibouti | Djibouti | Djiboutian franc |
| Egypt | Cairo | Egyptian pound |
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | Central African CFA franc |
| Eritrea | Asmara | Eritrean nakfa |
| Eswatini (Swaziland) | Mbabane, Lobamba | Swazi lilangeni |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | Ethiopian birr |
| Gabon | Libreville | Central African CFA franc |
| Gambia | Banjul | Gambian dalasi |
| Ghana | Accra | Ghanaian cedi |
| Guinea | Conakry | Guinean franc |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | West African CFA franc |
| Kenya | Nairobi | Kenyan shilling |
| Lesotho | Maseru | Lesotho loti |
| Liberia | Monrovia | Liberian dollar |
| Libya | Tripoli | Libyan dinar |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo | Malagasy ariary |
| Malawi | Lilongwe | Malawian kwacha |
| Mali | Bamako | West African CFA franc |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott | Mauritanian ouguiya |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | Mauritian rupee |
| Morocco | Rabat | Moroccan dirham |
| Mozambique | Maputo | Mozambican metical |
| Namibia | Windhoek | Namibian dollar |
| Niger | Niamey | West African CFA franc |
| Nigeria | Abuja | Nigerian naira |
| Rwanda | Kigali | Rwandan franc |
| Sao Tome | Sao Tome | Sao Tome and Principe dobra |
| Senegal | Dakar | West African CFA franc |
| Seychelles | Victoria | Seychellois rupee |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown | Sierra Leonean leone |
| Somalia | Mogadishu | Somali shilling |
| South Africa | Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial) | South African rand |
| South Sudan | Juba | South Sudanese pound |
| Sudan | Khartoum | Sudanese pound |
| Tanzania | Dodoma | Tanzanian shilling |
| Togo | Lomé | West African CFA franc |
| Tunisia | Tunis | Tunisian dinar |
| Uganda | Kampala | Ugandan shilling |
| Zambia | Lusaka | Zambian kwacha |
| Zimbabwe | Harare | United States dollar |