Africa is considered to be the second largest continent in the world both in size and population and also the hottest continent on earth. There are 54 countries in Africa today. Among the African countries, the biggest one is Algeria. The list of African countries is shown below along with their Capital, Currency and Language. Aspirants shall go through the countries as well as the dependent territories from the given table.
Africa Continent Countries Capitals with Currency
| Country | Capital | Currency | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | Agiers | Algerian dinar (DZD) | Arabic |
| Angola | Luanda | Kwanza(AOA) | Portuguese |
| Benin | Porto-Novo (official) | Eco | French |
| Botswana | Gaborone | Pula(BWP) | English, Setswana |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | Eco | French |
| Burundi | Bujumbura | Burundian franc(BIF) | Kirundi, French |
| Cameroon | Yaoundé | Central AfricanCFA franc(XAF) | French, English |
| Cape Verde | Praia | Cape Verdean escudo(CVE) | Portuguese |
| Central African Republic | Bangui | Central African CFA franc (XAF) | French, Sango |
| Chad | N’Djamena | Central African CFA franc(XAF) | French, Arabic |
| Comoros | Moroni | Comorian franc(KMF) | Comorian, Arabic, French |
| Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) | Brazzaville | Central African CFA franc (XAF) | French |
| Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | Yamoussoukro (official),Abidjan (seat of government) | Eco | French |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) | Kinshasa | Congolese franc(CDF) | French |
| Djibouti | Djibouti | Djiboutian franc(DJF) | French, Arabic |
| Egypt | Cairo | Egyptian pound(EGP) | Arabic |
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | Central African CFA franc (XAF) | Spanish, French, Portuguese |
| Eritrea | Asmara | Eritrean nakfa (ERN) | Tigrinya, Arabic, English |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | Ethiopian birr (ETB) | Amharic |
| Gabon | Libreville | Central African CFA franc (XAF) | French |
| Gambia | Banjul | Gambian dalasi (GMD) | English |
| Ghana | Accra | Ghana cedi (GHS) | English |
| Guinea | Conakry | Guinean franc(GNF) | French |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | Eco | Portuguese |
| Kenya | Nairobi | Kenyan shilling(KES) | Swahili, English |
| Lesotho | Maseru | Lesotho loti(LSL) | English, Sesotho |
| Liberia | Monrovia | Liberian dollara(LRD) | English |
| Libya | Tripoli | Libyan dinar (LYD) | Arabic |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo | Malagasy ariary(MGA) | Malagasy, French |
| Malawi | Lilongwe | Kwacha(D) (MWK) | English, Chichewa |
| Mali | Bamako | Eco | French |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott | Ouguiya(MRO) | Arabic |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | Mauritian rupee(MUR) | Mauritian Creole, French, English |
| Mayotte | Mamoudzou,Overseas department of France | Euro(EUR) | French |
| Morocco | Rabat | Moroccan dirham(MAD) | Arabic, Berber |
| Mozambique | Maputo | Mozambican metical(MZN) | Portuguese |
| Namibia | Windhoek | Namibian dollar(NAD) | English |
| Niger | Niamey | Eco | French |
| Nigeria | Abuja | Naira (NGN) | English |
| Réunion | Saint-Denis | Euro | French |
| Rwanda | Kigali | Rwandan franc(RWF) | Kinyarwanda, English, French |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | Jamestown (Saint Helena), Georgetown (Ascension Island), Edinburgh of the Seven Seas (Tristan da Cunha) | Saint Helena pound,Pound sterling | English |
| Sao Tome and Principe | São Tomé | Dobra(STD) | Portuguese |
| Senegal | Dakar | Eco | French |
| Seychelles | Victoria | Seychellois rupee(SCR) | Seychellois Creole, French, English |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown | Leone(SLL) | English |
| Somalia | Mogadishu | Somali shilling(SOS) | Somali, Arabic |
| Somaliland | Hargeisa | Somaliland shillinga (SLSH) | Somali, Arabic |
| South Africa | Pretoria (administrative/executive), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial) | South African rand(ZAR) | Afrikaans English Southern Ndebele Northern Sotho Southern Sotho Swati Tsonga Tswana Venda Xhosa Zulu |
| South Sudan | Juba | South Sudanese pound(SSP) | English |
| Sudan | Khartoum | Sudanese pound(SDG) | Arabic, English |
| Swaziland | Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (royal and legislative) | South African rand Swazi lilangeni (SZL) | English, Swati |
| Tanzania | Dodoma (official), Dar es Salaam (seat of government) | Tanzanian shilling(TZS) | Swahili, English |
| Togo | Lome | Eco | French |
| Tunisia | Tunis | Tunisian dinar(TND) | Arabic |
| Uganda | Kampala | Ugandan shilling(UGX) | Swahili, English, Luganda |
| Zambia | Lusaka | Zambian kwacha(ZMW) | English |
| Zimbabwe | Harare | United States Dollar, RTGS dollar | English, Shona, Sindebele |
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