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...
Kenya
Fact File
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...
Guinea-Bissau
Fact File
Capital: Bissau
Population: 1,699,000
Time zone: GMT 0
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +245
Currency: CFA franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 499.888 XOF
Language: Portuguese
Visas
Visas are required by all visitors.
Airlines
ASKY...
Guinea
Fact File
Capital: Conakry
Population: 11,861,000
Time zone: GMT 0
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +224
Currency: Guinean franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 499.888 XOF
Language: French
Visas
Visas are required by all visitors.
Airlines
Afrinat...
Gambia
Fact File
Capital: Banjul
Population: 1,794,000
Time zone: GMT 0
Plugs: Three pin square
Dialling code: +220
Currency: Gambian Dalasi. Exchange rate: $1 = 36.4930 GMD
Language: English
Visas
Citizens of the following countries do...
Gabon
Fact File
Capital: Libreville
Population: 2,204,000
Time zone: GMT +1
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +241
Currency: CFA franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 499.888 XOF
Language: French
Visas
Visas are required by all visitors.
Airlines
Air...
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...
Eritrea
Fact File
Capital: Asmara
Population: 4,980,000
Time zone: GMT +3
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +291
Currency: Eritrean Nakfa. Exchange rate: $1 = 10.7100 ERN
Language: Tigrinya, Arabic, French
Visas
Visas required by all...
Equatorial Guinea
Fact File
Capital: Malabo
Population: 1,837,000
Time zone: GMT +1
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +240
Currency: CFA franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 499.888 XOF
Language: Spanish, French
Visas
All visitors to Equatorial Guinea...
Egypt
Egypt’s transition from authoritarian pseudo-democracy to full democratic state has not been smooth. 2012’s elections, though, may herald a new dawn for this most...
Djibouti
Fact File
Capital: Djibouti
Population: 912,000
Time zone: GMT +3
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +253
Currency: Djiboutian franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 179.698 DJF
Language: French, Arabic
Visas
All nationalities require a visa...
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 –...