International Dialing Codes for African Countries

Last updated on October 12th, 2022 at 06:48 am

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 dialling code.

If you are the one making the call from another country, you will also need to use the international dialling code as a prefix before your call gets across to the other end. Some people preferred to call them African numbers.

For instance, Nigeria’s country code +234 will allow you to call Nigeria from outside the country from wherever you are.

The international dialling code is also known as International direct dialling (IDD) or international subscriber dialling (ISD).

Dialling an 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 dialling codes for African countries

Here is the compilation of international dialling codes for all 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.

1. Algeria: +213
2. Angola: +244
3. Benin: +299
4. Botswana: +269
5. Burkina Faso: +226
6. Burundi: +257
7. Cape Verde: +257
8. Cameroon: +237
9. Central African Republic (CAR): +236
10. International Dialing code for Chad: +235
11. Comoros: +269
12. Democratic Republic of the Congo: +243
13. Republic of the Congo: +242
14. Cote d’Ivoire or Ivory Coast: +225
15. International Dialing code for Djibout: +253
16. Egypt: +20
17. Equatorial Guinea: +240
18. Eritrea: +291
19. Eswatini (formerly Swaziland): +268
20. International Dialing code for Ethiopia:+251
21. Gabon: +241
22. Gambia: +220
23. Ghana: +233
24. Guinea: +224
25. International Dialing code for Guinea-Bissau:+245
26. Kenya:+254
27. Lesotho: +266
28. Liberia: +231
29. Libya: +218
30. Madagascar: +261
31. Malawi: +265
32. Mali: +223
33. Mauritania:+222
34. Mauritius: +230
35. Morocco: +212
36. International Dialing code for Mozambique: +258
37. Namibia: +264
38. Niger: +227
39. International Dialing code for Nigeria: +234
40. Rwanda: +250
41. Sao Tome and Principe: +239
42. Senegal: +221
43. Seychelles: +248
44. International Dialing code for Sierra Leone: +232
45. Somalia: +252
46. South Africa: +27
47. South Sudan: +211
48. Currency: Pound
49. Sudan: +249
50. Swaziland (renamed to Eswatini): +268
51. Tanzania: +255
52. Togo: +228
53. Tunisia: +216
54. Uganda: +256
55. Zambia: +260
56. Zimbabwe: +263

Reference:

• Countrycode.org