The 59 Capital Cities of Africa (Map Included)

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Africa is home to some of the youngest and fastest-growing cities in the world. There is an ever-increasing demand for jobs, housing, and infrastructure as the population continues to boom.

But Africa has a young population, unlike Europe or Asia. The continent has huge potential if it can correctly harness wealth from its resources. Let’s look at its transforming capital cities!

Capital cities of Africa map

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Capital cities of Africa map (Shutterstock)

Capital cities of Africa list

Africa is home to more countries (and capital cities) than any other continent! Here is an alphabetical list of the countries in Africa and their capitals. We have also included Egypt, which is a transcontinental country located on more than one continent.

CountryCapital CityContinent
AlgeriaAlgiersAfrica
AngolaLuandaAfrica
Benin (Dahomey)Porto-NovoAfrica
BotswanaGaboroneAfrica
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)OuagadougouAfrica
BurundiGitega (political capital), Bujumbura (commercial capital)Africa
Cabo VerdePraiaAfrica
CameroonYaoundéAfrica
Central African RepublicBanguiAfrica
ChadN'DjamenaAfrica
ComorosMoroniAfrica
Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)Yamoussoukro (legislative capital), Abidjan (administrative capital)Africa
Democratic Republic of the CongoKinshasaAfrica
DjiboutiDjibouti cityAfrica
EgyptCairoAfrica, Asia
Equatorial GuineaMalaboAfrica
EritreaAsmaraAfrica
Eswatini (Swaziland)Mbabane (administrative capital), Lobamba (royal and legislative capital)Africa
EthiopiaAddis AbabaAfrica
GabonLibrevilleAfrica
Gambia, TheBanjulAfrica
GhanaAccraAfrica
GuineaConakryAfrica
Guinea-BissauBissauAfrica
KenyaNairobiAfrica
LesothoMaseruAfrica
LiberiaMonroviaAfrica
LibyaTripoliAfrica
MadagascarAntananarivoAfrica
MalawiLilongweAfrica
MaliBamakoAfrica
MauritaniaNouakchottAfrica
MauritiusPort LouisAfrica
MoroccoRabatAfrica
MozambiqueMaputoAfrica
NamibiaWindhoekAfrica
NigerNiameyAfrica
NigeriaAbujaAfrica
Republic of the CongoBrazzavilleAfrica
RwandaKigaliAfrica
São Tomé and PríncipeSão ToméAfrica
SenegalDakarAfrica
SeychellesVictoriaAfrica
Sierra LeoneFreetownAfrica
SomaliaMogadishuAfrica
South AfricaPretoria (administrative capital), Bloemfontein (judicial capital), Cape Town (legislative capital)Africa
South SudanJubaAfrica
SudanKhartoumAfrica
TanzaniaDodomaAfrica
TogoLoméAfrica
TunisiaTunisAfrica
UgandaKampalaAfrica
ZambiaLusakaAfrica
ZimbabweHarareAfrica

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