Last Updated on July 13, 2018 by Ope Quadri
If you need to call any other country or you received a call from an unknown caller, you can simply know where the call is from using the international dialing code.
If you are the one making the call from another country, you will also need to use the international dialing code as prefix before you call get across to the other end.
Here is the complete guide to make a call from anywhere, and to anywhere in the world.
For instance, the Nigeria’s country code +234 will allow you to call Nigeria from outside the country from wherever you are.
The international dialing codes is also known as the International direct dialing (IDD) or international subscriber dialling (ISD).
Dialing international number on your mobile phone
On your mobile phone, you might not necessarily see “+” but the plus sign is aligned with the key “0”.
You can use the “+” by holding the “0” to get the “+” followed by the country code.
International dialing codes for African countries
Here is the compilation of international dialing codes for all the 56 African countries.
Note that it’s possible for you to get a virtual phone number of another country right in your own country that would make your receiver think you are making the call from another country.
For instance there is a way to use +257, which is Botswana’s code, right here in Nigeria and vice versa. That’s technology.
That’s another topic for another day, check the international dialing codes for all countries in the African continent.
Algeria: +213
Angola: +244
Benin: +299
Botswana: +269
Burkina Faso: +226
Burundi: +257
Cape Verde: +257
Cameroon: +237
Central African Republic (CAR): +236
International Dialing code for Chad: +235
Comoros: +269
Democratic Republic of the Congo: +243
Republic of the Congo: +242
Cote d’Ivoire or Ivory Coast: +225
International Dialing code for Djibout: +253
Egypt: +20
Equatorial Guinea: +240
Eritrea: +291
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland): +268
International Dialing code for Ethiopia:+251
Gabon: +241
Gambia: +220
Ghana: +233
Guinea: +224
International Dialing code for Guinea-Bissau:+245
Kenya:+254
Lesotho: +266
Liberia: +231
Libya: +218
Madagascar: +261
Malawi: +265
Mali: +223
Mauritania:+222
Mauritius: +230
Morocco: +212
International Dialing code for Mozambique: +258
Namibia: +264
Niger: +227
International Dialing code for Nigeria: +234
Rwanda: +250
Sao Tome and Principe: +239
Senegal: +221
Seychelles: +248
International Dialing code for Sierra Leone: +232
Somalia: +252
South Africa: +27
South Sudan: +211
Currency: Pound
Sudan: +249
Swaziland (renamed to Eswatini): +268
Tanzania: +255
Togo: +228
Tunisia: +216
Uganda: +256
Zambia: +260
Zimbabwe: +263
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