Africa Travel Adapter: Fifty-Five Countries, Mostly One Plug
Africa is big, but the plug story is simpler than the map suggests. Two round pins work across North, West, and Central Africa, East Africa and the former British countries lean on Type G, and Southern Africa has its own heavyweight, Type M. One universal adapter covers every country but one. Mind the voltage.
The Short Answer
Southern Africa uses Type M and Type N. Type M outlets do not work with any other plug, so bring a Type M adapter for Lesotho and for any Type M outlet you meet in South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia, or Mozambique.- Easiest: the Ceptics adapter works in every country on this page except Lesotho, including South African outlets that are not Type M. It does not fit Type D or Type M outlets. If you meet one, use the Type D or Type M adapter below.
- Voltage: 220–240V throughout. A plug adapter does not convert voltage. See voltage below.
One Adapter for Almost All of Africa
Other Adapters Found in Africa
Type CMost of Africa
Type DNigeria, Ghana
Type E/FGrounded
Type GKenya, Uganda
Type LLibya, Eritrea
Type MSouth Africa, Lesotho
Type NSouth Africa
Every Country in Africa, by Plug
Each country links to its full Walkabout Travel Gear plug and adapter guide. Plug types are shown in parentheses.
Type C and Type E/F
- Algeria (C / E/F)
- Angola (C / E/F)
- Benin (C / E/F)
- Burkina Faso (C / E/F)
- Burundi (C / E/F)
- Cameroon (C / E/F)
- Cape Verde (C / E/F)
- Central African Republic (C / E/F)
- Chad (C / D / E/F)
- Comoros (C / E/F)
- Congo (Democratic Republic) (C / E/F)
- Congo (Republic) (C / E/F)
- Côte d’Ivoire (C / E/F)
- Djibouti (C / E/F)
- Egypt (C / E/F)
- Equatorial Guinea (C / E/F)
- Eritrea (C / E/F / L)
- Gabon (C / E/F)
- Guinea (C / E/F)
- Guinea-Bissau (C / E/F)
- Libya (C / E/F / L)
- Madagascar (C / E/F)
- Mali (C / E/F)
- Mauritania (C / E/F)
- Mayotte (C / E/F)
- Morocco (C / E/F)
- Niger (C / D / E/F)
- Réunion (C / E/F)
- São Tomé and Príncipe (C / E/F)
- Senegal (C / D / E/F)
- Togo (C / E/F)
- Tunisia (C / E/F)
Type G, Often with Type D
- Ethiopia (C / E/F / G / L)
- Gambia (G)
- Ghana (D / G)
- Kenya (G)
- Liberia (A / B / C / D / E/F / G)
- Malawi (G)
- Mauritius (C / D / E/F / G)
- Nigeria (D / G)
- Rwanda (C / E/F / G)
- Seychelles (G)
- Sierra Leone (D / G)
- Somalia (C / G)
- Sudan (C / D / E/F / G)
- Tanzania (D / G)
- Uganda (G)
- Zambia (C / D / G)
- Zimbabwe (D / G)
Southern Africa: Type M and Type N
- Botswana (D / G / M)
- Eswatini (C / M / N)
- Lesotho (M)
- Mozambique (C / E/F / M / N)
- Namibia (C / D / M / N)
- South Africa (C / M / N)
Voltage in Africa
220–240V: every country on this page. A 120V-only device needs a voltage converter anywhere in Africa unless it is dual voltage.
See the voltage guide and dual-voltage appliances before you pack the hair dryer.
Adapter may also be spelled adaptor, and grounded may also be described as earthed. See all international plug types.
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