Learn the capitals of Africa
The plan: 11 batches of five
How the pieces are shared out, five at a time and by area of the map (in brackets, the capital when its name differs). Each batch starts next to the last one.
- Batch 1: Praia (Cape Verde), Banjul (Gambia), Bissau (Guinea-Bissau), Dakar (Senegal), Conakry (Guinea)
- Batch 2: Freetown (Sierra Leone), Monrovia (Liberia), Yamoussoukro (Ivory Coast), Accra (Ghana), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
- Batch 3: Lomé (Togo), Porto-Novo (Benin), Abuja (Nigeria), Yaoundé (Cameroon), São Tomé (São Tomé and Príncipe)
- Batch 4: Niamey (Niger), N'Djamena (Chad), Tripoli (Libya), Algiers (Algeria), Tunis (Tunisia)
- Batch 5: Rabat (Morocco), Nouakchott (Mauritania), Bamako (Mali), Ciudad de la Paz (Equatorial Guinea), Libreville (Gabon)
- Batch 6: Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo), Kinshasa (DR Congo), Luanda (Angola), Gitega (Burundi), Kigali (Rwanda)
- Batch 7: Lusaka (Zambia), Harare (Zimbabwe), Lilongwe (Malawi), Maputo (Mozambique), Gaborone (Botswana)
- Batch 8: Windhoek (Namibia), Pretoria (South Africa), Maseru (Lesotho), Mbabane (Eswatini), Antananarivo (Madagascar)
- Batch 9: Moroni (Comoros), Dodoma (Tanzania), Nairobi (Kenya), Kampala (Uganda), Mogadishu (Somalia)
- Batch 10: Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Djibouti, Asmara (Eritrea), Khartoum (Sudan), Juba (South Sudan)
- Batch 11: Cairo (Egypt), Bangui (Central African Republic), Victoria (Seychelles), Port Louis (Mauritius)
Learn the capitals of Africa at your own pace: we show you 54 capitals five at a time, each in its place on the map, and you go over the ones you miss until you know them. Free, no sign-up.
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What are the capitals of Africa?
Algeria: Algiers; Angola: Luanda; Benin: Porto-Novo; Botswana: Gaborone; Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou; Burundi: Gitega; Cameroon: Yaoundé; Cape Verde: Praia; Central African Republic: Bangui; Chad: N'Djamena; Comoros: Moroni; Djibouti: Djibouti; DR Congo: Kinshasa; Egypt: Cairo; Equatorial Guinea: Ciudad de la Paz; Eritrea: Asmara; Eswatini: Mbabane; Ethiopia: Addis Ababa; Gabon: Libreville; Gambia: Banjul; Ghana: Accra; Guinea: Conakry; Guinea-Bissau: Bissau; Ivory Coast: Yamoussoukro; 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 Sudan: Juba; Sudan: Khartoum; Tanzania: Dodoma; Togo: Lomé; Tunisia: Tunis; Uganda: Kampala; Zambia: Lusaka; Zimbabwe: Harare.
What is the easiest way to learn the capitals of Africa?
By area and in small groups: learn five neighbouring pieces, find them on the map with no rush, and go over the ones you miss a little later, then the next day. Reviewing just before you would forget is what makes them stick.
How long does it take to learn the capitals of Africa?
There are 54 pieces in 11 batches of five: about a minute per batch to see them all, then short reviews over a few days so you don't forget them.