African Capital Quiz: Can You Name Every Capital in Africa?

From popular novels like Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart to today’s movies like Black Panther and The Lion King, Africa has been the backdrop for numerous famous movies and books. This continent contains diverse cultures, rich history, and vibrant cities, each with unique charm. But can you name every capital in Africa? Here is an African capital quiz to test your knowledge. This quiz will take you on a journey across all 54 countries, from Cairo to Cape Town. So whether you are preparing for an upcoming quiz or simply enhancing your knowledge, this African countries and capitals quiz is perfect.

African Capital Quiz

Do you think you can ace this capital of African countries quiz? Read these multiple choice questions carefully and select the right answer from the options. Once you have completed the quiz, use the Answer Key at the end to see how many you got right. Most importantly, don’t stress if you don’t get every answer right—each question helps you discover something new. Ready? Let’s go!

1. Algeria’s capital is also its largest city. What is it?

a) Tunis

b) Rabat

c) Algiers

2. Which city serves as the capital of Egypt?

a) Cairo

b) Alexandria

c) Luxor

3. What is the capital of Libya?

a) Tripoli 

b) Benghazi

c) Misrata

4. Which city is the capital of Morocco?

a) Marrakech

b) Casablanca

c) Rabat 

5. Khartoum is the capital of which African country?

a) South Sudan

b) Sudan 

c) Ethiopia

6. Which country has Tunis as its capital?

a) Tunisia 

b) Algeria

c) Libya

7. Porto-Novo is the official capital of which country?

a) Benin 

b) Togo

c) Ghana

8. Ouagadougou is the capital of which landlocked African country?

a) Mali

b) Burkina Faso 

c) Niger

9. Which capital city belongs to Cape Verde?

a) Praia 

b) Bissau

c) São Tomé

10. Which country’s capital is Yaoundé?

a) Gabon

b) Cameroon

c) Chad

11. Bangui is the capital of which Central African nation?

a) Central African Republic 

b) Republic of the Congo

c) Democratic Republic of the Congo

12. What is the capital of Chad?

a) N’Djamena 

b) Juba

c) Niamey

13. Which island country has Moroni as its capital?

a) Comoros 

b) Seychelles

c) Madagascar

14. Which city serves as the capital of Côte d’Ivoire?

a) Yamoussoukro 

b) Abidjan

c) Bamako

15. Accra is the capital of which country?

a) Ghana 

b) Togo

c) Nigeria

16. What is the capital of Guinea?

a) Bissau

b) Conakry 

c) Freetown

17. Bissau is the capital of which country?

a) Guinea-Bissau 

b) Senegal

c) The Gambia

18. Which country has Monrovia as its capital?

a) Liberia 

b) Sierra Leone

c) Ghana

19. What is the capital of Mali?

a) Niamey

b) Bamako

c) Lomé

20. Which of these capitals belongs to Mauritania?

a) Nouakchott 

b) Dakar

c) Algiers

21. Which country has Niamey as its capital?

a) Chad

b) Mali

c) Niger

22. Which African country is Abuja the capital of?

a) Ghana

b) Nigeria 

c) Cameroon

23. Which of these cities is the capital of Senegal?

a) Banjul

b) Conakry

c) Dakar

24. What is the capital of Sierra Leone?

a) Freetown 

b) Banjul

c) Monrovia

25. Lomé is the capital of which country?

a) Ghana

b) Benin

c) Togo

26. Kinshasa is the capital of which country?

a) Democratic Republic of the Congo 

b) Republic of the Congo

c) Gabon

27. Which city is directly across the Congo River from Kinshasa?

a) Libreville

b) Luanda

c) Brazzaville 

28. What is the capital of Equatorial Guinea?

a) Malabo 

b) Bata

c) Libreville

29. Libreville is the capital of which country?

a) Gabon 

b) Angola

c) Cameroon

30. Which country has São Tomé as its capital?

a) Seychelles

b) São Tomé and Príncipe

c) Comoros

31. Asmara is the capital of which country?

a) Eritrea 

b) Ethiopia

c) Sudan

32. Which capital city is home to the African Union headquarters?

a) Nairobi

b) Kampala

c) Addis Ababa

33. Which country has Nairobi as its capital?

a) Kenya 

b) Uganda

c) Tanzania

34. What is the capital of Madagascar?

a) Maputo

b) Antananarivo

c) Victoria

35. Which city serves as the capital of Malawi?

a) Lilongwe 

b) Blantyre

c) Lusaka

36. Port Louis is the capital of which island country?

a) Seychelles

b) Madagascar

c) Mauritius

37. Maputo is the capital of which country?

a) Mozambique 

b) Namibia

c) Zambia

38. Which country has Kigali as its capital?

a) Burundi

b) Rwanda

c) Uganda

39. Victoria is the capital of which country?

a) Seychelles 

b) Comoros

c) Cape Verde

40. Juba is the capital of which African country?

a) Sudan

b) Ethiopia

c) South Sudan

41. Dodoma is the capital of which country?

a) Tanzania 

b) Uganda

c) Zambia

42. Which city serves as the capital of Uganda?

a) Nairobi

b) Kampala

c) Kigali

43. What is the capital of Angola?

a) Lobito

b) Windhoek

c) Luanda

44. Which landlocked country has Gaborone as its capital?

a) Botswana 

b) Lesotho

c) Zimbabwe

45. Maseru is the capital of which country?

a) Eswatini

b) Namibia

c) Lesotho

46. Which country has Antananarivo as its capital?

a) Madagascar 

b) Mozambique

c) Mauritius

47. Which country has Lilongwe as its capital?

a) Zambia

b) Malawi

c) Zimbabwe

48. What is the capital of Namibia?

a) Windhoek 

b) Gaborone

c) Maputo

49. Lusaka is the capital of which country?

a) Zimbabwe

b) Malawi

c) Zambia

50. Harare is the capital of which country?

a) Zimbabwe 

b) Zambia

c) Botswana

51. Which country has Djibouti as both its name and capital?

a) Eritrea

b) Djibouti

c) Somalia

52. Mbabane is the capital of which African country?

a) Eswatini 

b) Lesotho

c) Botswana

53. Which country has Bujumbura as its former capital and Gitega as its official capital?

a) Rwanda

b) Burundi

c) Tanzania

54. Which capital city belongs to South Africa? (Hint: It has three capitals!)

a) Cape Town (Legislative) 

b) Pretoria (Administrative) 

c) Both a and b 

Answer Key

1. c	8. b	15. a	22. b	29. a	36. c	43. c	50. a
2. a	9. a	16. b	23. c	30. b	37. a	44. a	51. b
3. a	10. b	17. a	24. a	31. a	38. b	45. c	52. a
4. c	11. a	18. a	25. c	32. c	39. a	46. a	53. b
5. b	12. a	19. b	26. a	33. a	40. c	47. b	54. c
6. a	13. a	20. a	27. c	34. b	41. a	48. a	–
7. a	14. a	21. c	28. a	35. a	42. b	49. c	–

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