Nigeria
Fact File
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...
Mauritius
Background
Since independence from the United Kingdom in 1968, Mauritius has quietly gone about the important business of growing its GDP and reducing income inequality....
Cameroon
Fact File
Capital: Yaounde
Population: 21,331,000
Time zone: GMT +1
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +237
Currency: CFA franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 499.888 XOF
Language: English, French
Visas
All nationalities need a visa,...
Senegal
Fact File
Capital: Dakar
Population: 13,567,000
Time zone: GMT 0
Plugs: Two and three pin round
Dialling code: +221
Currency: CFA franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 499.888 XOF
Language: French
Visas
The following countries...
Côte d’Ivoire
Fact File
Capital: Yamoussoukro
Population: 23,919,000
Time zone: GMT 0
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +225
Currency: CFA franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 499.888 XOF
Language: French
Airlines
Air Algerie – www.airalgerie.dz
Air Burkina –...
Malawi
Fact File
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...
Botswana
Fact File
Population: 2,096,000
Time zone: GMT+2
Plugs: M-Plug, G-Plug, Europlug
Dialling code: +267
Currency: Pula (BWP)
Language: English, Setswana
Background
Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name...
Togo
Fact File
Capital: Lome
Population: 6,675,000
Time zone: GMT 0
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +228
Currency: CFA franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 499.888 XOF
Language: French
Visas
All visitors require a visa...
Rwanda
Fact File
Population: 10,780,000
Time: UTC+2
Plugs: Two-pin round
Dialling code: +250
Currency: Rwandan franc - $1=671RWF
Language: Kinyarwanda, French, English, Kiswahili
Background
It's been nearly two decades since the civil war...
Uganda
Background
Formerly a British colony, Uganda suffered under dictators Milton Obote and Idi Amin as well as various military regimes. In 2006 free multi-party elections...
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...
Central African Republic
Fact File
Capital: Bagui
Population: 5,217,000
Time zone: GMT +1
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +236
Currency: CFA franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 499.888 XOF
Language: French, Sangho
Visas
All nationalities require a visa...