Sudan
Fact File
Capital: Khartoum
Population: 35,150,000
Time zone: GMT +3
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +249
Currency: Sudanese pound. Exchange rate: $1 = 4.40249 SDG
Language: Arabic
Visas
Visas are required by almost...
Somalia
Fact File
Capital: Mogadishu
Population: 9,662,000
Time zone: GMT +3
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +252
Currency: Somali shilling. Exchange rate: $1 = 1,377.98 SOS
Language: Somali
Visas
All countries require a visa...
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...
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...
Benin
Fact File
Capital: Porto-Novo
Population: 9,742,000
Time zone: GMT +1
Plugs: Two-pin round
Dialling code: +229
Currency: CFA franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 499.888 XOF
Language: French
Visas
Citizens of the following countries do not...
Fit for purpose
South Africa now has 5,201 graded establishments – totaling 124,268 rooms – across the TGCSA’s three main categories of ‘Hotel’, ‘Non-Hotel Accommodation’, and ‘Venues’.
That’s...
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...
Saint Helena
Fact File
Population: 4,000
Time zone: GMT 0
Plugs: Three pin square, British style
Dialling code: +290
Currency: Saint Helena pound. Exchange rate: $1 = 0.655593 SHP
Language: English
Visas
All visitors require an...
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 –...
Swaziland
Fact File
Capital: Mbabane
Population: 1,077,000
Time zone: UTC +2
Plugs: Three pin round, South African style
Dialling code: +268
Currency: Swazi lilangeni. Exchange rate: $1 = 9.86281 SZL
Language: English, siSwati
Make...
Burkina Faso
Fact File
Capital: Ouagadougou
Population: 17,338,000
Time zone: GMT 0
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +226
Currency: CFA Franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 499.888 XOF
Language: French
Visas
Citizens of the following countries do...
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...