African Capital Cities
In-depth city guides for the capital of every African country — plus major economic hubs — covering history, neighbourhoods, economy, attractions and travel tips.
- Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
- Abuja (Nigeria)
- Accra (Ghana)
- Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
- Algiers (Algeria)
- Antananarivo (Madagascar)
- Asmara (Eritrea)
- Bamako (Mali)
- Bangui (Central African Republic)
- Banjul (The Gambia)
- Bissau (Guinea-Bissau)
- Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo)
- Cairo (Egypt)
- Cape Town (South Africa)
- Casablanca (Morocco)
- Conakry (Guinea)
- Dakar (Senegal)
- Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
- Djibouti City (Djibouti)
- Dodoma (Tanzania)
- Freetown (Sierra Leone)
- Gaborone (Botswana)
- Gitega (Burundi)
- Harare (Zimbabwe)
- Johannesburg (South Africa)
- Juba (South Sudan)
- Kampala (Uganda)
- Khartoum (Sudan)
- Kigali (Rwanda)
- Kinshasa (DR Congo)
- Lagos (Nigeria)
- Libreville (Gabon)
- Lilongwe (Malawi)
- Lomé (Togo)
- Luanda (Angola)
- Lusaka (Zambia)
- Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)
- Maputo (Mozambique)
- Maseru (Lesotho)
- Mbabane (Eswatini)
- Mogadishu (Somalia)
- Monrovia (Liberia)
- Moroni (Comoros)
- Nairobi (Kenya)
- N'Djamena (Chad)
- Niamey (Niger)
- Nouakchott (Mauritania)
- Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
- Port Louis (Mauritius)
- Porto-Novo (Benin)
- Praia (Cape Verde)
- Pretoria (South Africa)
- Rabat (Morocco)
- São Tomé (São Tomé and Príncipe)
- Tripoli (Libya)
- Tunis (Tunisia)
- Victoria (Seychelles)
- Windhoek (Namibia)
- Yamoussoukro (Ivory Coast)
- Yaoundé (Cameroon)
For a quick reference table of every African country and its official capital see the capitals overview.