Countries of Africa Quick Reference Sheet

Country Name           Capital City      Tel CodeCurrency        IndependenceDatePrime Minister    President 
People`s Democratic Republic of AlgeriaAlgiers+213Algerian Dinar (DZD)     Jul.05.1962Prime Minister Ahmed OuyahiaPresident Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Republic of AngolaLuanda+244Kwanza (AOA)Nov.11.1975Prime Minister Paulo KassomaPresident José Eduardo dos Santos
Republic of BeninPorto-Novo+229CFA franc(XOF)Aug.01.1960Prime MinisterPresident Yayi Boni
Republic of BotswanaGaborone+267Pula (BWP)Sep.30.1966President Ian Khama
Burkina FasoOuagadougou+226West African CFA franc (XOF)Aug.05.1960Prime Minister Luc Adolphe TiaoPresident Blaise Compaoré
Republic of BurundiBujumbura+257Burundi franc (FBu)(BIF)Jul.01.1962President Pierre Nkurunziza
Republic of Cabo VerdePraia+238Cape verdean escudo (CVE)Jul.05.1975Prime Minister José Maria NevesPresident Jorge Carlos Fonseca
Republic of CameroonYaounde+237CFA franc (XAF)Jan.01.1960Prime Minister Philémon YangPresident Paul Biya
Central African RepublicBangui+236Central african CFA franc (XAF)Prime Minister Mr. Nicolas TiangayePresident Michel Djotodia
The Republic of Chad,N’Djamena+235CFA franc (XAF)Aug.11.1960Prime Minister Joseph Djimrangar DadnadjiPresident Idriss Déby
Union of the ComorosMoroni+269Comorian franc (KMF)Jul.06.1975President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi
Republic of the CongoBrazzaville+242Central African CFA francAug.15.1960Prime Minister Isidore MvoubaPresident Denis Sassou-Nguesso
Republic of Cote d’IvoireYamoussoukro+225CFA franc (XOF)Aug.07.1960Prime Minister Jeannot Ahoussou-KouadioPresident Alassane Dramane Ouattara
Democratic Republic of the CongoKinshasa+243Congolese franc (CDF)Jun.30.1960Prime Minister Augustin Katumba MwankePresident Joseph Kabila
Republic of DjiboutiDjibouti+253Franc (DJF)Jun.27.1977Prime Minister Abdoukader Kamil MohamedPresident Ismail Omar Guelleh
Arab Republic of EgyptCairo+20Egyptian pound (EGP)Prime Minister Dr Hazem El Beblawiinterim president Adly Mansour
Republic of Equatorial GuineaMalabo+240CFA francOct.12.1968Prime Minister Vincente Ehate TomiPresident Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
State of EritreaAsmara+291Nakfa (ERN)May.24.1993President Isaias Afewerki
Federal Democratic Republic of EthiopiaAddis Ababa+251BirrPrime Minister Hailemariam DesalegnPresident Girma Woldegiorgis
Gabonese RepublicLibreville+241CFA francAug.17.1960Prime Minister Raymond Ndong SimaPresident Ali Ben Bongo
Republic of the GambiaBanjul+220Dalasi (GMD)Feb.18.1965President Yahya Jammeh
Republic of GhanaAccra+233Ghanaian cedi(GHC)Mar.06.1957President John Dramani Mahama
Republic of GuineaConakry+224Guinean franc (GNF)Oct.02.1958Prime Minister Mohamed Said FofanaPresident Alpha Condé
* Republic of Guinea-BissauBissau+245CFA franc (XOF)Sep.24.1973Prime Minister Rui Duarte de BarrosAg. President.Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo
Republic of KenyaNairobi+254Kenyan shilling (KES)Dec.12.1963Deputy President William RutoPresident Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta
Kingdom of LesothoMaseru+266Loti (LSL)Oct.04.1966Prime Minister Thomas Motsoahae ThabaneKing Letsie III
Republic of LiberiaMonrovia+231Liberian Dollar(LRD)President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
LibyaTripoli+218Lybian Dinar(LYD)Prime Minister Ali ZeidanPresident of the National Transitional Council Moustapha Abdel Jalil
Republic of MadagascarAntananarivo+261Malagasy ariay(MGA)Jun.26.1960Prime Minister Omer BerizikyPresident of the High Authority of Transition Andry Rajoelina
Republic of MalawiLilongwe+265Kwacha(D)(MWK)Jul.06.1964President Joyce Banda
Republic of MaliBamako+223CFA franc (XOF)Sep.22.1960Prime Minister Oumar Tatam LyPresident Ibrahim Boubakar Keita
Republic of MauritaniaNouakchott+222Mauritanian Ouguiya (MRO)Nov.28.1960Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed LaghdafPresident Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
Republic of MauritiusPort Louis+230Mauritian rupee (MUR)Mar.12.1968Prime Minister Navin RamgoolamPresident Anerood Jugnauth
Republic of MozambiqueMaputo+258Mozambican metical (Mtn) (MZN)Jun.25.1975Prime Minister Dr. Alberto VaquinaPresident Armando Guebuza
Republic of NamibiaWindhoek+264Namibian dollar(NAD)Mar.21.1990Prime Minister Nahas AngulaPresident Hifikepunye Pohamba
Republic of NigerNiamey+227CFA franc (XOF)Aug.03.1960Prime Minister Brigi RafiniPresident Mohamadou Issoufou
Federal Republic of NigeriaAbuja+234Nigerian naira and Kobo(NGN)Oct.01.1960President Goodluck Jonathan
Republic of RwandaKigali+250Rwandan franc(RWF)Jul.01.1962Prime Minister Pierre Damien HabumuremyiPresident Paul Kagame
Republic Arab Saharawi DemocraticAauinsaharawi pesetasFeb.27.1976Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb OumarPresident Mohamed Abdelaziz
Democratic Republic of sao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome+239Dobra(STD)Jul.12.1975Prime Minister Gabriel Arcanjo Ferreira da CostaPresident Manuel Pinto Da Costa
Republic of SenegalDakar+221CFA franc(XOF)Jun.20.1960Prime Minister Aminata TouréPresident Macky Sall
Republic of SeychellesVictoria+248Seychellois rupee(SCR)Jun.29.1976President James Michel
Republic of Sierra LeoneFreetown+232Leone (SLL)Apr.27.1961President Ernest Bai Koroma
Somali RepublicMogadishu+252Somali shilling (SOS)Jul.01.1960Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon SaaidPresident Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Republic of South AfricaPretoria(Executive), Bloemfontein (Judical),CapeTown(Legislative)+27South African rand (ZAR)President Jacob Zuma
Republic of South SudanJubaJul.09.2011President Salva Kir
Republic of The SudanKhartoum+249Sudanese pound (SDG,SDD)Jan.01.1956President Omar al-Bashir
Kingdom of SwazilandLobamba(royal and legislative) Mbabane (Administrative)+268Lilangeni(SZL)Sep.06.1968Prime Minister Barnabas Sibusiso DlaminiKing Mswati III
United Republic of TanzaniaDar es Salaam(traditional capital) Dodoma (Location of legislature)+255Tanzanian shilling (TZS)Dec.09.1961Prime Minister Mizengo PindaPresident Jakaya Kikwete
Togolese RepublicLome`+228CFA franc (XOF)Apr.27.1960Prime Minister Artheme Seleagodji AbomeyPresident Faure Gnassingbé
Tunisian RepublicTunis+216Tunisian dinar(TND)Mar.20.1956Prime Minister Hamadi JbeliPresident Moncef Marzouki
Republic of UgandaKampala+256Ugandan shilling (UGX)Oct.09.1962Prime Minister Amama MbabaziPresident Yoweri Museveni
Republic of ZambiaLusaka+260Zambian Kwacha(ZMK)Oct.24.1964President Michael Sata
Republic of ZimbabweHarare+263Zimbabwe Dollars(ZW$)Nov.18.1980Prime Minister Morgan TsvangiraiPresident Robert Mugabe