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International Dialing Codes for African Countries

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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: +269International dialing code-africa
  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

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