(2021) List of African countries and capitals, currencies, presidents & GDP

Some Africans have always wondered why they were sent here. We will not be answering that question today, or even ever.

In this article, we will be talking about African countries and capitals, their currencies, their presidents and GDP. We will also talk about what makes Africa, Africa.

Introduction (The Facts about Africa)

Africa is the second largest continent in the world by land mass, covering about 30.3 million km² (11.7 million square miles) [Just know its really big]. Africa alone makes up about 20% of the earths land mass and 6% of its total population.

It’s also the 2^nd most populous continent on earth, only second to Asia (And that’s because China is in Asia). Africa has a population of 1.216 billion people in 2020, with Nigeria making up about 200 million of those people and coming in as the most populous black nation.

Fact: Did you know that Lagos is the biggest city in Africa?

Fact: Africa has the youngest average population in the world.

Fact: 16% of the human population come from Africa.

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Fact: Despite the abundance of resources in Africa, Africa is still the poorest continent on earth in terms of per capital income. (Most of which is blamed on colonization by the Europeanss)

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Why is Africa poor

Now that’s an interesting question. The worlds richest continent in terms of natural resources turns out to have the lowest per capital income?

The answer is not so easy, but it can easily be attributed to poor leadership across the continent. Africa’s history also paints a gruesome picture, riddled with slave trade and colonization.

Will Africa be great again?

This is a strong yes. Africa has one of the fastest growing cities in the world. Lagos for example is rated amongst one of the largest and fasted growing cities in the world.

Africa will be great again, its just going to take time.

Lets now get into the business of the day, the list of African countries and capitals, presidents and GDP

List of African countries and capitals, their currencies, and GDP

Countries	Capitals	Currencies	Currency	Rank	GDP in Billions ($)
Algeria	Algiers	Algerian dinar	DZD	4	183.687
Angola	Luanda	Angolan kwanza	AOA	7	92.191
Benin	Porto-Novo	CFA franc	XOF	32	11.184
Botswana	Gaborone	Botswana pula	BWP	21	19.651
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	CFA franc	XOF	25	14.882
Burundi	Gitega	Burundi franc	BIF	43	3.573
Cabo Verde	Praia	CFA franc	XAF	14	39.219
Cameroon	Yaounde	Cape Verdean escudo	CVE	49	2.042
Central African Republic	Bangui	CFA franc	XAF	48	2.285
Chad	N’Djamena	CFA franc	XAF	31	11.372
Comoros	Moroni	Comorian franc	KMF	53	0.726
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa	CFA franc	XAF	11	48.458
Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	Congolese franc	CDF	33	11.162
Cote d’Ivoire	Yamoussoukro	CFA franc	XOF	12	45.252
Djibouti	Djibouti (city)	Djiboutian franc	DJF	47	2.392
Egypt	Cairo	Egyptian pound	EGP	3	299.589
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo (de jure), Oyala (seat of government)	CFA franc	XAF	30	12.432
Eritrea	Asmara	Eritrean nakfa	ERN	37	7.718
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)	Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (legislative, royal)	Lilangeni	SZL	41	4.662
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Ethiopian birr	ETB	8	90.968
Gabon	Libreville	CFA franc	XAF	23	16.709
Gambia	Banjul	Dalasi	GMD	9	68.258
Ghana	Accra	Ghanaian cedi	GHS	29	12.623
Guinea	Conakry	Guinean franc	GNF	52	1.538
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	CFA franc	XOF	6	99.246
Kenya	Nairobi	Kenyan shilling	KES	46	2.811
Lesotho	Maseru	Lesotho loti	LSL	44	3.221
Liberia	Monrovia	Liberian dollar	LRD	13	44.964
Libya	Tripoli	Libyan dinar	LYD	28	12.734
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Malagasy ariary	MGA	38	7.436
Malawi	Lilongwe	Malawian kwacha	MWK	22	17.833
Mali	Bamako	CFA franc	XOF	40	5.569
Mauritania	Nouakchott	Ouguiya	MRO	26	14.812
Mauritius	Port Louis	Mauritian rupee	MUR	5	121.350
Morocco	Rabat	Moroccan dirham	MAD	24	15.372
Mozambique	Maputo	Mozambican metical	MZN	27	13.961
Namibia	Windhoek	Namibian dollar	NAD	35	9.724
Niger	Niamey	CFA franc	XOF	1	444.916
Nigeria	Abuja	Nigerian naira	NGN	34	10.211
Rwanda	Kigali	Rwandan franc	RWF	54	0.477
Sao Tome and Principe	São Tomé	São Tomé and Príncipe dobra	STD	18	25.32
Senegal	Dakar	CFA franc	XOF	51	1.654
Seychelles	Victoria	Seychellois rupee	SCR	42	3.998
Sierra Leone	Freetown	Sierra Leonean leone	SLL	36	7.903
Somalia	Mogadishu	Somali shilling	SOS	2	371.298
South Africa	Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)	South African rand	ZAR	45	3.151
South Sudan	Juba	South Sudanese pound	SSP	17	31.468
Sudan	Khartoum	Sudanese pound	SDG	10	61.032
Tanzania	Dodoma	Tanzanian shilling	TZS	50	1.741
Togo	Lomé	CFA franc	XOF	39	5.592
Tunisia	Tunis	Tunisian dinar	TND	15	36.204
Uganda	Kampala	Ugandan shilling	UGX	16	33.569
Zambia	Lusaka	Zambian kwacha	ZMW	19	24.615
Zimbabwe	Harare	RTGS Dollar	ZBN	20	22.29

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Complete List of current Presidents of African nations [African countries and capitals]

• Algeria:

The current president of Algeria is Abdelmadjid Tebboune. He won the 2019 presidential election on the 12^th of December and assumed office on 19 December 2019.

• Angola:

João Lourenço is the current president of Angola and has been in office since 26 September 2017

• Benin:

Patrice Talon is the 8^th president of Benin Republic and the current president. He assumed office on the 6^th of April 2016

• Botswana:

Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi is the fifth and current President of Botswana. He has been in office since 2018.

• Burkina Faso:

Roch Marc Christian Kaboré is the current President of Burkina Faso and has been in office since 2015.

• Burundi:

The current president of Burundi is Évariste Ndayishimiye, and Evariste took office on 18 June 2020 succeeding Pierre Nkurunziza, who had been in office since 26 August 2005. 

• Cape Verde:

The current president of Cape Verde is Jorge Carlos Fonseca and has been in office since 9 September 2011

• Cameroon:

The current President of Cameroon is Paul Biya and this guy has been in office since 6 November 1982. A woping 38 years and counting.

• Central African Republic (CAR):

The current President of the Central African Republic (CAR) is Faustin-Archange Touadéra and has been in office since 30 March 2016.

• Chad:

General Idriss Déby Itno the current President of Chad and has been in office since 1990. He has been in office for 30 years.

• Comoros

The current president of Comoros is Azali Assoumani. He has held office since 2016. Before then, he was President from 1999 to 2002 and again from 2002 to 2006. He emerged the president of Comoros on 30 April 1999 after leading a coup to depose acting president Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde. On 15 May 2016 he was declared by the Constitutional Court to have won the 2016 presidential election to succeed President Ikililou Dhoinine.

• Republic of the Congo

The current President of Republic of Congo is Denis Sassou Nguesso. He has been in office since 1997. Republic of Congo also has a Prime Minister by the name Clément Mouamba (2016–present)

•  Democratic Republic of the Congo

The current President of DRC is Félix Tshisekedi. He won the 2019 election. 

•  Djibouti

The current President of Djibouti is  Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, He has been president of Djibouti since 1999.

• Egypt

The current President of Egypt is Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, he has been President of Egypt since 2014.

•  Equatorial Guinea

The current President of Equatorial Guinea is Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, and he has been President of Equatorial Guinea since 1979.

•  Eritrea

The current President of Eritrea is Isaias Afwerki. He has been President of Eritrea since 1991.

•  Eswatini

The current Monarch of Eswatini is Mswati III, he has been King of Eswatini from 1986–present while the Prime Minister is Mandvulo Ambrose Dlamini since 2018.

•  Ethiopia

The current President of Ethiopia is Sahle-Work Zewde since 2018.

•  Gabon

The current President is Ali Bongo Ondimba since 2009

•  The Gambia

The current President is Adama Barrow, since 2017

•  Ghana

The current President of Ghana is Nana Akufo-Addosince 2017

•  Guinea

The current President is Alpha Condé, and has been President of Guinea 2010.

• Guinea-Bissau

The current President is Umaro Sissoco Embaló and has been in office since 2020.

•  Ivory Coast

The current president of Ivory coast is Alassane Ouattara, President of the Ivory Coast since 2010.

•  Kenya

The current president of of Kenya is Uhuru Kenyatta, been President of Kenya since 2013.

•  Lesotho

Lesotho has a Monarch. His name is Letsie III, he is the King of Lesotho and has been in power since 1996. How ever, the prime minister is Moeketsi Majoro (2020-present)

•  Liberia

The current president of Liberia  is George Weah and he came into power in 2018.

• Libya

Libya is a complicated one. The Head of State is Aguila Saleh Issa (2014–present). The Prime Minister is Abdullah al-Thani (2014–present)

•  Madagascar

The current president of Madagascar is Andry Rajoelina, since 2019 with a Prime Minister: Christian Ntsay (2018–present)

•  Malawi

The current president of Malawi is Peter Mutharika (2014–present)

•  Mali

The current president of Mali is Ibrahim Bah Ndaw (Acting), since 25th September 2020.

•  Mauritania

The current president of Mauritania is Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, since 2019.

•  Mauritius

The current president of Mauritius is Pritvirajsing Roopun and has been in office since 2019.

•  Morocco

The current leader of Monarch is Mohammed VI, King of Morocco since 1999 while the Prime Minister is Saadeddine Othmani as the Head of Government of Morocco since 2017.

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•  Mozambique

The current president of Mozambique is Filipe Nyusi. President of Mozambique since 2015 alongside Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosário (2015–present).

•  Namibia

The current president of Namibia is Hage Geingob. President of Namibia since  2015 and the Prime Minister is Saara Kuugongelwa (2015–present)

•  Niger

The current president of Niger is Mahamadou Issoufou (2011–present) and Prime Minister is Brigi Rafini (2011–present)

•  Nigeria

The current president of Nigeria is Muhammadu Buhari (2015–present).

•  Rwanda

The current president of Rwanda is Paul Kagami (2000–present). While the Prime Minister is Édouard Ngirente (2017–present).

•  São Tomé and Príncipe

The current president of São Tomé and Príncipe is Evaristo Carvalho (2016–present) and Prime Minister as Jorge Bom Jesus (2018–present)

•  Senegal

The current president of Senegal is Macky Sall, (2012–present)

•  Seychelles

The current president of Seychelles is Danny Faure, and has been in office since 2016.

•  Sierra Leone

The current president of Sierra Leone is Julius Maada Bio (2018–present) and Chief Minister – David J. Francis (2018–present)

•  Somalia

The current president of Somalia is Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and has been in office since 2017. The Prime Minister – Hassan Ali Khayre (2017–present)

•  South Africa

The current president of South Africa is Cyril Ramaphosa, and ascended office is 2018.

•  South Sudan

The current president is Salva Kiir Mayardit (2005–present)

•  Sudan

The current president is Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Leader of the Sovereignty Council (2019–present)

And Prime Minister – Abdalla Hamdok (2019–present)

•  Tanzania

The current president is Samia Suluhu, (2021–present). She is the first female president of Tanzania. She took over after the president died.

•  Togo

The current president is Faure Gnassingbé (2005–present)

•  Tunisia

The current president is Kais Saied (2019–present)

•  Uganda

The current president is Yoweri Museveni (1986–present)

•  Zambia

The current president is Edgar Lungu (2015–present)

•  Zimbabwe

The current president is Emmerson Mnangagwa (2017–present).