African Countries and their Presidents

There are 54 independent countries in Africa. This page shows a list of African countries and theirpresidents as of February 2020. The president of Cameroon, Paul Biya, is the longest-ruling African president. He has been in service for a whopping 45 years since June 1975. With over 21 million inhabitants, Cairo is the most populated African capital city.

The list below is updated regularly to always reflect the updated version of all African countries and their current presidents.

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List of African Countries and their Presidents as of November 2020

By default, the list is sorted to show the countries alphabetically. By clicking on the table headers, you can also change the order of the items in the table. You can also download our list of African countries and their presidents. Just click here to jump to the download section below or scroll down to the bottom of the page. The download is free and no email address is required.

CountryPresident / Head of State (November 2019)Capital
AlgeriaAbdelmadjid TebbouneAgiers
AngolaJoão LourençoLuanda
BeninPatrice TalonPorto-Novo (official)
BotswanaMokgweetsi MasisiGaborone
Burkina FasoRoch Marc Christian KaboréOuagadougou
BurundiÉvariste NdayishimiyeBujumbura
CameroonPaul BiyaYaoundé
Cape VerdeJorge Carlos FonsecaPraia
Central African RepublicFaustin-Archange TouadéraBangui
ChadIdriss DébyN’Djamena
ComorosAzali AssoumaniMoroni
Côte d'IvoireAlassane OuattaraYamoussoukro (official),
Abidjan (government)
Democratic Republic of the CongoFélix TshisekediKinshasa
DjiboutiIsmaïl Omar GuellehDjibouti
EgyptAbdel Fattah el-SisiCairo
Equatorial GuineaTeodoro Obiang Nguema MbasogoMalabo
EritreaIsaias AfwerkiAsmara
eSwatiniMswati IIIMbabane (administrative),
Lobamba (royal and legislative)
EthiopiaAbiy AhmedAddis Ababa
GabonAli Bongo OndimbaLibreville
GambiaAdama BarrowBanjul
GhanaNana Akufo-AddoAccra
GuineaAlpha CondéConakry
Guinea-BissauUmaro Sissoco EmbalóBissau
KenyaUhuru KenyattaNairobi
LesothoMoeketsi MajoroMaseru
LiberiaGeorge WeahMonrovia
LibyaFayez al-SarrajTripoli
MadagascarAndry RajoelinaAntananarivo
MalawiLazarus ChakweraLilongwe
MaliBah Ndaw (interim)Bamako
MauritaniaMohamed Ould GhazouaniNouakchott
MauritiusPravind JugnauthPort Louis
MoroccoMohammed VIRabat
MozambiqueFilipe NyusiMaputo
NamibiaHage GeingobWindhoek
NigerMahamadou IssoufouNiamey
NigeriaMuhammadu BuhariAbuja
Republic of the CongoDenis Sassou NguessoBrazzaville
RwandaPaul KagameKigali
Sao Tome & PrincipeEvaristo CarvalhoSão Tomé
SenegalMacky SallDakar
SeychellesWavel RamkalawanVictoria
Sierra LeoneJulius Maada BioFreetown
SomaliaMohamed Hussein RobleMogadishu
South AfricaCyril RamaphosaPretoria (administrative/executive),
Cape Town (legislative),
Bloemfontein (judicial)
South SudanSalva Kiir MayarditJuba
SudanAbdel Fattah al-BurhanKhartoum
TanzaniaJohn MagufuliDodoma (official),
Dar es Salaam (government)
TogoFaure GnassingbéLomé
TunisiaKaïs SaïedTunis
UgandaYoweri MuseveniKampala
ZambiaEdgar LunguLusaka
ZimbabweEmmerson MnangagwaHarare

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