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Capitals of Africa Quiz

This quiz has the capital cities of 54 countries in Africa. Pick the right capital from four choices, or switch to typed mode below if you want it harder. Every answer is listed under the game.

How to play: each question names a country; tap its capital or press 1 to 4. The wrong choices are mostly other big cities of the same country, so the biggest city is often a trap. After each answer you see a short note when a country has a second capital. Capitals follow the national constitutions and governments as listed on Quiz Zoomies (checked October 2026).

Capitals of Africa Quiz

Pick one of four answers. Use the 1 to 4 keys on a keyboard.

Hard mode: type the capital

The same 54 countries with no choices. Type the capital and press Enter; spelling is forgiving.

Capitals of Africa Quiz: typed

Type your answer and press Enter. Spelling is forgiving: capitals, accents and punctuation do not matter.

Africa: every country and its capital

54 countries, A to Z. Countries with more than one capital, or a disputed one, carry a note.

Show all 54 capitals
Country Capital
Algeria Algiers
Angola Luanda
Benin Porto-Novo Porto-Novo is the official capital; Cotonou is the seat of government.
Botswana Gaborone
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou
Burundi Gitega Gitega became the political capital in 2019; Bujumbura remains the largest city.
Cabo Verde Praia
Cameroon Yaoundé
Central African Republic Bangui
Chad N'Djamena
Comoros Moroni
Côte d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro Yamoussoukro is the official capital; Abidjan is the economic capital.
Djibouti Djibouti
DR Congo Kinshasa
Egypt Cairo
Equatorial Guinea Malabo
Eritrea Asmara
Eswatini Mbabane Mbabane is the administrative capital; Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital.
Ethiopia Addis Ababa
Gabon Libreville
Gambia Banjul
Ghana Accra
Guinea Conakry
Guinea-Bissau Bissau
Kenya Nairobi
Lesotho Maseru
Liberia Monrovia
Libya Tripoli
Madagascar Antananarivo
Malawi Lilongwe
Mali Bamako
Mauritania Nouakchott
Mauritius Port Louis
Morocco Rabat
Mozambique Maputo
Namibia Windhoek
Niger Niamey
Nigeria Abuja
Republic of the Congo Brazzaville
Rwanda Kigali
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé
Senegal Dakar
Seychelles Victoria
Sierra Leone Freetown
Somalia Mogadishu
South Africa Pretoria South Africa has three capitals: Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative) and Bloemfontein (judicial).
South Sudan Juba
Sudan Khartoum
Tanzania Dodoma Dodoma is the official capital; Dar es Salaam is the largest city and main port.
Togo Lomé
Tunisia Tunis
Uganda Kampala
Zambia Lusaka
Zimbabwe Harare

Frequently asked questions

How many capital cities are in Africa?

54 countries are in Africa on Quiz Zoomies, and all of them are in this quiz.

Which capitals of Africa are the hardest?

The trickiest ones in this quiz include Luanda (Angola), Porto-Novo (Benin), Gaborone (Botswana), and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). They are small, new or easily confused with a bigger city.

Do any countries in Africa have more than one capital?

Porto-Novo is the official capital; Cotonou is the seat of government. Gitega became the political capital in 2019; Bujumbura remains the largest city. Yamoussoukro is the official capital; Abidjan is the economic capital. Mbabane is the administrative capital; Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital. South Africa has three capitals: Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative) and Bloemfontein (judicial). Dodoma is the official capital; Dar es Salaam is the largest city and main port. The quiz accepts the second city when you type it.

Can I type the capitals instead of picking?

Yes. The typed mode under the multiple choice game asks the same countries, and you type the capital. Capitals, accents and punctuation do not matter, and old or alternative names like Kiev or Nur-Sultan count.

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