African Countries Capitals and Currencies is one of the static awareness topic in general awareness section usually asked in banking, SSC and other competitive exams.
Below is the list of African Countries Capitals and Currencies. Here the countries with the same currencies are placed in order. I request to all the readers to follow this order of countries so that it is easier to learn and revise.
| Countries | Capitals | Currencies |
|---|---|---|
| Morocco | Rabat | Moroccan dirham (MAD) |
| Algeria | Algiers | Algerian dinar (DZD) |
| Libya | Tripoli | Libyan dinar (LYD) |
| Tunisia | Tunis | Tunisian dinar (TND) |
| Egypt | Cairo | Egyptian pound (EGP) |
| South Sudan | Juba | South Sudanese pound (SSP) |
| Sudan | Khartoum | Sudanese pound (SDG) |
| Cameroon | Yaounde | Central African CFA franc (XAF) |
| Central African Republic | Bangui | Central African CFA franc (XAF) |
| Chad | N’Djamena | Central African CFA franc (XAF) |
| Gabon | Libreville | Central African CFA franc (XAF) |
| Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | Central African CFA franc (XAF) |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa | Congolese franc (CDF) |
| Guinea | Conakry | Guinean franc (GNF) |
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | Central African CFA franc (XAF) |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | West African CFA franc (XOF) |
| Benin | Porto-Novo | West African CFA franc (XOF) |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | West African CFA franc (XOF) |
| Cote d’Ivoire | Yamoussoukro | West African CFA franc (XOF) |
| Mali | Bamako | West African CFA franc (XOF) |
| Niger | Niamey | West African CFA franc (XOF) |
| Senegal | Dakar | West African CFA franc (XOF) |
| Togo | Lomé | West African CFA franc (XOF) |
| Burundi | Bujumbura | Burundi franc (BIF) |
| Comoros | Moroni | Comorian franc (KMF) |
| Djibouti | Djibouti (city) | Djiboutian franc (DJF) |
| Rwanda | Kigali | Rwandan franc (RWF) |
| Kenya | Nairobi | Kenyan shilling (KES) |
| Somalia | Mogadishu | Somali shilling (SOS) |
| Tanzania | Dodoma | Tanzanian shilling (TZS) |
| Uganda | Kampala | Ugandan shilling (UGX) |
| Liberia | Monrovia | Liberian dollar (LRD) |
| Namibia | Windhoek | Namibian dollar (NAD) |
| Zimbabwe | Harare | United States dollar (USD) |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | Mauritian rupee (MUR) |
| Seychelles | Victoria | Seychellois rupee (SCR) |
| Malawi | Lilongwe | Malawian kwacha (MWK) |
| Zambia | Lusaka | Zambian kwacha (ZMW) |
| Angola | Luanda | Angolan kwanza (AOA) |
| Botswana | Gaborone | Botswana pula (BWP) |
| Eritrea | Asmara | Eritrean nakfa (ERN) |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | Ethiopian birr (ETB) |
| Gambia | Banjul | Gambian dalasi (GMD) |
| Ghana | Accra | Ghanaian cedi (GHS) |
| Lesotho | Maseru | Lesotho loti (LSL) |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo | Malagasy ariary (MGA) |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott | Mauritanian ouguiya (MRU) |
| Mozambique | Maputo | Mozambican metical (MZN) |
| Nigeria | Abuja | Nigerian naira (NGN) |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown | Sierra Leonean leone (SLL) |
| South Africa | Pretoria (administrative) Cape Town (legislative) | South African rand (ZAR) |
| Swaziland | Mbabane (administrative) Lobamba (legislative, royal) | Swazi lilangeni (SZL) |
| Cabo Verde | Praia | Cape Verdean escudo (CVE) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | São Tomé | Sao Tome and Principe dobra (STN) |