Africa

There are 54 countries on the continent of Africa.

Algeria

- Capital: Algiers
- Currency: Algerian Dinar
- Language: Arabic
- Local Airline: Air Algérie (KP)
- Airport: Algiers international Airport Houari Boumediene (ALG)

Angola

- Capital: Luanda
- Currency: Angolan Kwanza
- Language: Portuguese
- Local Airline: TAAG Angola Airlines (DT)
- Airport: Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport (LAD)

Benin

- Capital: Porto-Novo/Cotonou
- Currency: West African CFA franc
- Language: French
- Local Airline: None (Uses regional carriers)
- Airports: Cadjehoun Airport (Cotonou)

Botswana

Okavanga Delta, Botswana

- Capital: Gaborone
- Currency: Botswana Pula
- Language: English, Tswana
- Local Airline: Air Botswana
- Airport: Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (Gaborone)

Burkina Faso

- Capital: Ouagadougou
- Currency: West African CFA franc
- Language: French
- Local Airline: Air Burkina
- Airport: Ouagadougou Airport

Burundi

- Capital: Bujumbura
- Currency: Burundian Franc
- Language: Kirundi, French
- Local Airline: None (Uses regional carriers)
- Airport: Bujumbura International Airport

Cabo Verde

- Capital: Praia
- Currency: Cape Verdean Escudo
- Language: Portuguese
- Local Airline: Cabo Verde Airlines
- Airport: Amílcar Cabral International Airport (Sal)

Cameroon

- Capital: Yaoundé/Douala
- Currency: Central African CFA franc
- Language: French, English
- Local Airline: Camair-Co, Air France (partner)
- Airports: Douala International Airport, Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport

Central African Republic

- Capital: Bangui
- Currency: Central African CFA franc
- Language: Sango, French
- Local Airline: None (Uses regional carriers)
- Airport: Bangui M’Poko International Airport
Chad
- Capital: N’Djamena
- Currency: Central African CFA franc
- Language: French, Arabic
- Local Airline: None (Uses regional carriers)
- Airport: N’Djamena International Airport
Comoros
- Capital: Moroni
- Currency: Comorian Franc
- Language: Comorian, Arabic, French
- Local Airline: Air Comores
- Airport: Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport (Moroni)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- Capital: Kinshasa
- Currency: Congolese Franc
- Language: French, Lingala, Swahili
- Local Airline: None (Uses regional carriers)
- Airport: N’djili Airport (Kinshasa)
Congo, Republic of the
- Capital: Brazzaville
- Currency: Central African CFA franc
- Language: French
- Local Airline: ECAir (Equatorial Congo Airlines)
- Airport: Maya-Maya Airport (Brazzaville)
Cote d’Ivoire
- Capital: Yamoussoukro/Abidjan
- Currency: West African CFA franc
- Language: French
- Local Airline: Air Côte d’Ivoire
- Airports: Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport (Abidjan), Bouaké Airport (Bouaké)
Djibouti
- Capital: Djibouti
- Currency: Djiboutian Franc
- Language: French, Arabic
- Local Airline: Air Djibouti
- Airport: Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport (Djibouti)

Egypt

The Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

- Capital: Cairo
- Currency: Egyptian Pound
- Language: Arabic
- Local Airline: EgyptAir
- Airport: Cairo International Airport
Equatorial Guinea
- Capital: Malabo
- Currency: Central African CFA franc
- Language: Spanish, French, Portuguese
- Local Airline: CEIBA Intercontinental
- Airport: Malabo International Airport (Malabo), Bata Airport (Bata)
Eritrea
- Capital: Asmara
- Currency: Eritrean Nakfa
- Language: Tigrinya, Arabic, English
- Local Airline: Eritrean Airlines
- Airport: Asmara International Airport
Eswatini
- Capital: Mbabane/Lobamba
- Currency: Swazi Lilangeni
- Language: Swazi, English
- Local Airline: Eswatini Airlink, Eswatini Royal Airways
- Airport: King Mswati III International Airport (Manzini)

Ethiopia

- Capital: Addis Ababa
- Currency: Ethiopian Birr
- Language: Amharic
- Local Airline: Ethiopian Airlines
- Airport: Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
Gabon
- Capital: Libreville
- Currency: Central African CFA franc
- Language: French
- Local Airline: Afrijet, Air Gabon Plus (partner)
- Airport: Libreville Leon M’ba International Airport (Libreville)
Gambia
- Capital: Banjul
- Currency: Gambian Dalasi
- Language: English
- Local Airline: Gambia Bird
- Airport: Banjul International Airport

Ghana

A TroTro in Accra, Ghana

- Capital: Accra
- Currency: Ghanaian Cedi
- Language: English
- Local Airline: Ghana Airways (defunct), Africa World Airlines
- Airport: Kotoka International Airport (Accra)
Guinea
- Capital: Conakry
- Currency: Guinean Franc
- Language: French
- Local Airline: None (Uses regional carriers)
- Airport: Conakry International Airport
Guinea-Bissau
- Capital: Bissau
- Currency: West African CFA franc
- Language: Portuguese
- Local Airline: None (Uses regional carriers)
- Airport: Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (Bissau)

Kenya

- Capital: Nairobi
- Currency: Kenyan Shilling
- Language: Swahili, English
- Local Airline: Kenya Airways
- Airport: Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (Nairobi)
Lesotho
- Capital: Maseru
- Currency: Lesotho Loti
- Language: Sesotho, English
- Local Airline: None (Uses regional carriers)
- Airport: Moshoeshoe I International Airport (Maseru)
Liberia
- Capital: Monrovia
- Currency: Liberian Dollar
- Language: English
- Local Airline: Air Liberia (defunct)
- Airport: Roberts International Airport (Monrovia)
Libya
- Capital: Tripoli
- Currency: Libyan Dinar
- Language: Arabic
- Local Airline: Libyan Airlines
- Airport: Tripoli International Airport
Madagascar
- Capital: Antananarivo
- Currency: Malagasy Ariary
- Language: Malagasy, French
- Local Airline: Air Madagascar
- Airport: Ivato International Airport (Antananarivo)
Malawi
- Capital: Lilongwe
- Currency: Malawian Kwacha
- Language: English, Chichewa
- Local Airline: None (Uses regional carriers)
- Airport: Lilongwe International Airport
Mali
- Capital: Bamako
- Currency: West African CFA franc
- Language: French, Bambara
- Local Airline: Air Mali (defunct)
- Airport: Bamako-Sénou International Airport (Bamako)
Mauritania
- Capital: Nouakchott
- Currency: Mauritanian Ouguiya
- Language: Arabic, French
- Local Airline: Mauritania Airlines International
- Airport: Nouakchott International Airport
Mauritius
- Capital: Port Louis
- Currency: Mauritian Rupee
- Language: English, French
- Local Airline: Air Mauritius
- Airport: Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (Plaisance)

Morocco

Marrakech to Casablanca Train in the Desert circa 2000

- Capital: Rabat
- Currency: Moroccan Dirham
- Language: Arabic, Berber
- Local Airline: Royal Air Maroc
- Airport: Mohammed V International Airport (Casablanca)
Mozambique
- Capital: Maputo
- Currency: Mozambican Metical
- Language: Portuguese
- Local Airline: LAM Mozambique Airlines
- Airport: Maputo International Airport

Namibia

Windhoek, Namibia – Christ Church

- Capital: Windhoek
- Currency: Namibian Dollar
- Language: English, Afrikaans
- Local Airline: Air Namibia
- Airport: Hosea Kutako International Airport (Windhoek)
Niger
- Capital: Niamey
- Currency: West African CFA franc
- Language: French
- Local Airline: Air Niger
- Airport: Diori Hamani International Airport (Niamey)
Nigeria
- Capital: Abuja
- Currency: Nigerian Naira
- Language: English
- Local Airline: Arik Air, Air Peace, Dana Air, etc.
- Airport: Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (Abuja), Murtala Muhammed International Airport (Lagos)
Rwanda
- Capital: Kigali
- Currency: Rwandan Franc
- Language: Kinyarwanda, English, French
- Local Airline: RwandAir
- Airport: Kigali International Airport
Sao Tome and Principe
- Capital: Sao Tome
- Currency: Sao Tome and Principe Dobra
- Language: Portuguese
- Local Airline: STP Airways
- Airport: São Tomé International Airport (Sao Tome)
Senegal
- Capital: Dakar
- Currency: West African CFA franc
- Language: French
- Local Airline: Air Senegal
- Airport: Blaise Diagne International Airport (Dakar)
Seychelles
- Capital: Victoria
- Currency: Seychellois Rupee
- Language: Seychellois Creole, English, French
- Local Airline: Air Seychelles
- Airport: Seychelles International Airport (Victoria)
Sierra Leone
- Capital: Freetown
- Currency: Sierra Leonean Leone
- Language: English
- Local Airline: Sierra Leone Airways (defunct)
- Airport: Lungi International Airport (Freetown)
Somalia
- Capital: Mogadishu
- Currency: Somali Shilling
- Language: Somali, Arabic, English
- Local Airline: None (Uses regional carriers)
- Airport: Aden Adde International Airport (Mogadishu)

South Africa

Nelson Mandela Square – Sandton Johannesburg, South Africa

- Capital: Pretoria/Cape Town/Bloemfontein
- Currency: South African Rand
- Language: 11 Official Languages
- Local Airline: South African Airways, Mango, Kulula, etc.
- Airports: O.R. Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg), Cape Town International Airport, King Shaka International Airport (Durban)
South Sudan
- Capital: Juba
- Currency: South Sudanese Pound
- Language: English
- Local Airline: None (Uses regional carriers)
- Airport: Juba International Airport
Sudan
- Capital: Khartoum
- Currency: Sudanese Pound
- Language: Arabic
- Local Airline: Sudan Airways
- Airport: Khartoum International Airport
Tanzania
- Capital: Dodoma/Dar es Salaam
- Currency: Tanzanian Shilling
- Language: Swahili, English
- Local Airline: Air Tanzania, Precision Air
- Airport: Julius Nyerere International Airport (Dar es Salaam)
Togo
- Capital: Lome
- Currency: West African CFA franc
- Language: French
- Local Airline: ASKY Airlines, Air Togo (defunct)
- Airport: Lomé-Tokoin Airport (Lome)
Tunisia
- Capital: Tunis
- Currency: Tunisian Dinar
- Language: Arabic
- Local Airline: Tunisair
- Airport: Tunis-Carthage International Airport (Tunis)

Uganda

- Capital: Kampala
- Currency: Ugandan Shilling
- Language: English is the official language. Bantu, Central Sudanic, Nilotic, Swahili and Luganda are also widely spoken.
- Local Airline: Uganda Airlines
- Airport: Entebbe International Airport (EBB)

Zambia (Republic of)

The Capitol Theatre in Livingstone, Zambia

The Old Capitol Theatre in Livingstone, Zambia

- Capital: Lusaka
- Currency: Zambian Kwacha
- Main Languages: Bemba, Nyanja or Chewa, Tonga and Lozi. English is also spoken.
- Local Airline: Zambia Airways
- Airport: Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (LUN)

Zimbabwe

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

- Capital: Harare
- Currency: U.S. Dollar
- Main Languages: Shona, Ndebele and English
- Local Airline: Air Zimbabwe
- Airport: Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport (HRE)

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