Nigeria
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Population: 168 million
Time: GMT+1
Plugs: Three-prong square
Dialling code: +234
Currency: Naira - $1=158NGN
Language: English
Background
With its huge mineral wealth and vibrant energy, balanced by grinding poverty...
Zambia
Zambia is a landlocked country in southern Africa, bordered by Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the south-east, Zimbabwe and...
Kenya
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Population: 43 million
Time zone: GMT+3
Plugs: UK-type square three-pin
Dialling code: +254
Currency: Kenyan shilling - $1=86.3KES
Language: English and Kiswahili
Background
Kenya is one of Africa’s more powerful...
Lesotho
Lesotho is a landlocked country and enclave, completely surrounded by South Africa. It is just over 30,000 square kilometres in size and has a population slightly over two million. The name Lesotho translates roughly into the land of the people who speak Sesotho. About 40% of the population live below the international poverty line of $1.25 a day.
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Nigeria
FACT FILE
Time zone: GMT+1
Plugs: Three-prong square
Dialling code: +234
Currency: Naira - $1=200NGN
Language: English With its huge mineral wealth and vibrant energy, Nigeria is not only the...
Mozambique
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Population: 24 million
Time zone: GMT+2
Plugs: Two-pin round
Dialling code: + 254
Currency: Metical - $1=29.7MZN
Language: Portuguese, English
Background
After decades in the economic doldrums, Mozambique’s GDP has...
Malawi
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Capital: Lilongwe
Population: 15,316,000
Time zone: GMT +2
Plugs: Three pin square, British style
Dialling code: +265
Currency: Malawian kwacha. Exchange rate: $1 = 329.757 MWK
Language: English, Nyanja
Visas
Visa not...
Libya
Fact File
Capital: Tripoli
Population: 6,323,000
Time zone: UTC +2
Plugs: Three pin round
Dialling code: +218
Currency: Libyan dinar. Exchange rate: $1 = 1.27700 LYD
Language: Arabic
Visas
Visas are required by all...
Tunisia
Fact File
Capital: Tunis
Population: 10,889,000
Time zone: GMT +1
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +216
Currency: Tunisian dinar. Exchange rate: $1 = 1.66020 TND
Language: Arabic
Visas
The following nationalities do not need...
Seychelles
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Capital: Victoria
Population: 94,000
Time zone: GMT +4
Plugs: Three pin square, British style
Dialling code: +248
Currency: Seychellois rupee. Exchange rate: $1 = 12.0233 SCR
Language: English, French
Visas
No visa is...
Ethiopia
Fact File
Population: 86 million
Time zone: GMT+3
Plugs: Three-prong square
Dialling code: +251
Currency: Birr - $1=19ETB
Language: Amharic, Oromo, Tigrinya, Guragigna, Somali, Arabic, English
Background
Ethiopia's economy is based on...