Capitals of Africa
Africa is the longest deck in this category with 54 capitals, and for most learners the least familiar. Expect double acts. Benin, Côte d’Ivoire and Tanzania each have an official capital and a larger, better-known city, and South Africa divides the job between three cities. Brazzaville and Kinshasa face each other across the Congo River. Some answers are recent: Burundi made Gitega its political capital in 2019, and in January 2026 Equatorial Guinea replaced Malabo with Ciudad de la Paz, a planned city on the mainland.
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Practice in the free learnerHow to study this set
Work through Africa in five regions (north, west, central, east, south) and keep a map open, because position is the best hook for unfamiliar names. Pair the similar country names on purpose: Niger with Niamey and Nigeria with Abuja, then Guinea with Conakry, Guinea-Bissau with Bissau and Equatorial Guinea with Ciudad de la Paz.
All 54 flashcards
What is the capital of Algeria?
Algiers
What is the capital of Angola?
Luanda
What is the official capital of Benin?
Porto-Novo
Porto-Novo is the official capital; the government sits in Cotonou.
What is the capital of Botswana?
Gaborone
What is the capital of Burkina Faso?
Ouagadougou
What is the political capital of Burundi?
Gitega
Gitega became the political capital in 2019; Bujumbura remains the economic capital.
What is the capital of Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)?
Praia
What is the capital of Cameroon?
Yaoundé
Douala is the largest city.
What is the capital of the Central African Republic?
Bangui
What is the capital of Chad?
N’Djamena
What is the capital of the Comoros?
Moroni
What is the official capital of Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)?
Yamoussoukro
Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983; Abidjan is the economic centre and the seat of most institutions.
What is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Kinshasa
What is the capital of Djibouti?
Djibouti
The capital shares its name with the country.
What is the capital of Egypt?
Cairo
A new administrative capital is being built east of Cairo.
What is the capital of Equatorial Guinea?
Ciudad de la Paz
Ciudad de la Paz, a planned city on the mainland, replaced Malabo, on Bioko island, as the capital in January 2026; institutions are still relocating.
What is the capital of Eritrea?
Asmara
What is the administrative capital of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)?
Mbabane
Mbabane is the administrative capital; Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital.
What is the capital of Ethiopia?
Addis Ababa
What is the capital of Gabon?
Libreville
What is the capital of the Gambia?
Banjul
What is the capital of Ghana?
Accra
What is the capital of Guinea?
Conakry
What is the capital of Guinea-Bissau?
Bissau
What is the capital of Kenya?
Nairobi
What is the capital of Lesotho?
Maseru
What is the capital of Liberia?
Monrovia
Monrovia is named after the US president James Monroe.
What is the capital of Libya?
Tripoli
What is the capital of Madagascar?
Antananarivo
What is the capital of Malawi?
Lilongwe
What is the capital of Mali?
Bamako
What is the capital of Mauritania?
Nouakchott
What is the capital of Mauritius?
Port Louis
What is the capital of Morocco?
Rabat
Not Casablanca or Marrakesh.
What is the capital of Mozambique?
Maputo
What is the capital of Namibia?
Windhoek
What is the capital of Niger?
Niamey
What is the capital of Nigeria?
Abuja
Abuja replaced Lagos as the capital in 1991.
What is the capital of the Republic of the Congo?
Brazzaville
Brazzaville faces Kinshasa, the capital of the other Congo, directly across the Congo River.
What is the capital of Rwanda?
Kigali
What is the capital of São Tomé and Príncipe?
São Tomé
What is the capital of Senegal?
Dakar
What is the capital of Seychelles?
Victoria
What is the capital of Sierra Leone?
Freetown
What is the capital of Somalia?
Mogadishu
What is the executive capital of South Africa?
Pretoria
South Africa has three capitals: Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative) and Bloemfontein (judicial).
What is the capital of South Sudan?
Juba
South Sudan is the world’s youngest UN member state; it joined in 2011.
What is the capital of Sudan?
Khartoum
What is the official capital of Tanzania?
Dodoma
Dodoma is the official capital; Dar es Salaam is the largest city.
What is the capital of Togo?
Lomé
What is the capital of Tunisia?
Tunis
What is the capital of Uganda?
Kampala
What is the capital of Zambia?
Lusaka
What is the capital of Zimbabwe?
Harare
What to learn next
The last level, “Capitals of Oceania”, is short with 14 capitals, but few people get past Canberra and Wellington without some practice on the Pacific island states.
Continue to Level 5: Capitals of Oceania →