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Africa Public Holidays 2023

The table below contains the list of official Africa public holidays for the calendar year 2023. The qppstudio worldwide public holidays database for 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, and beyond, is available, immediately, with a professional license.

Date	Weekday	Countries
Jan 1	Sunday	Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (DRC), Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco*, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Réunion, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland (eSwatini), Sénégal, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Jan 2	Monday	Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland (eSwatini), Zambia, Zimbabwe
Jan 3	Tuesday	Botswana, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Seychelles
Jan 4	Wednesday	Congo (DRC)
Jan 7	Saturday	Eritrea*, Ethiopia, Ghana, Sudan
Jan 9	Monday	Ghana
Jan 10	Tuesday	Bénin
Jan 11	Wednesday	Morocco
Jan 12	Thursday	Algeria, Tanzania
Jan 13	Friday	Cape Verde
Jan 15	Sunday	Malawi
Jan 16	Monday	Congo (DRC), Malawi
Jan 17	Tuesday	Congo (DRC)
Jan 19	Thursday	Eritrea, Ethiopia
Jan 20	Friday	Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mali
Jan 22	Sunday	Mauritius
Jan 25	Wednesday	Angola*
Jan 26	Thursday	Uganda
Feb 1	Wednesday	Mauritius, Rwanda
Feb 3	Friday	Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe
Feb 4	Saturday	Angola
Feb 5	Sunday	Burundi, Mauritius
Feb 6	Monday	Burundi
Feb 11	Saturday	Cameroon, Liberia
Feb 16	Thursday	Uganda
Feb 17	Friday	Libya
Feb 18	Saturday	Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, Mauritius, Mayotte, Sierra Leone, Somalia
Feb 20	Monday	Angola
Feb 21	Tuesday	Angola, Cape Verde*, Zimbabwe
Feb 22	Wednesday	Cape Verde*
Mar 2	Thursday	Ethiopia
Mar 3	Friday	Malawi
Mar 6	Monday	Ghana
Mar 8	Wednesday	Angola, Burkina Faso, Chad, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar*, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia
Mar 11	Saturday	Lesotho
Mar 12	Sunday	Mauritius, Zambia
Mar 13	Monday	Zambia
Mar 15	Wednesday	Liberia
Mar 18	Saturday	Comoros
Mar 19	Sunday	Libya
Mar 20	Monday	Tunisia
Mar 21	Tuesday	Namibia, South Africa
Mar 22	Wednesday	Mauritius
Mar 23	Thursday	Angola
Mar 24	Friday	Angola, Congo (DRC)*
Mar 26	Sunday	Mali
Mar 29	Wednesday	Central African Republic, Madagascar
Apr 3	Monday	Angola, Guinea
Apr 4	Tuesday	Angola, Sénégal
Apr 6	Thursday	Burundi
Apr 7	Friday	Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland (eSwatini), Tanzania, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Apr 8	Saturday	Botswana, Malawi, Seychelles, South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Apr 9	Sunday	Madagascar, Namibia, South Sudan, Sudan*, Tunisia, Zimbabwe
Apr 10	Monday	Botswana, Burkina Faso, Bénin, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mayotte, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland (eSwatini), Sénégal, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Apr 14	Friday	Eritrea*, Ethiopia, Liberia
Apr 16	Sunday	Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan
Apr 17	Monday	Gabon
Apr 18	Tuesday	Gambia, Guinea, Zimbabwe
Apr 19	Wednesday	Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, Swaziland (eSwatini)
Apr 21	Friday	Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mayotte, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Sénégal, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda
Apr 22	Saturday	Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Libya, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan*, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia
Apr 23	Sunday	Comoros, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia
Apr 24	Monday	Niger, Sudan
Apr 25	Tuesday	Swaziland (eSwatini)
Apr 26	Wednesday	Tanzania
Apr 27	Thursday	Mayotte, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo
Apr 28	Friday	Zambia
Apr 29	Saturday	Cape Verde*
May 1	Monday	Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (DRC), Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Réunion, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland (eSwatini), Sénégal, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
May 4	Thursday	Namibia
May 5	Friday	Ethiopia
May 8	Monday	Mayotte, Réunion
May 14	Sunday	Liberia, Malawi
May 15	Monday	Liberia, Malawi
May 16	Tuesday	South Sudan
May 17	Wednesday	Congo (DRC)
May 18	Thursday	Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mayotte, Namibia, Réunion, Somalia*, Swaziland (eSwatini), Sénégal, Togo
May 19	Friday	Cape Verde, Somalia
May 20	Saturday	Cameroon
May 24	Wednesday	Eritrea
May 25	Thursday	Gambia, Guinea, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
May 27	Saturday	Nigeria*
May 28	Sunday	Ethiopia, Gabon, Madagascar
May 29	Monday	Bénin, Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Madagascar, Mayotte, Nigeria, Réunion, Sénégal, Togo
June	Thursday	Cape Verde, Kenya
June	Saturday	Uganda
June	Monday	Equatorial Guinea
June	Thursday	Equatorial Guinea, Seychelles
June	Friday	Uganda
June	Saturday	Congo (Republic)
June	Monday	Nigeria
June	Friday	South Africa
June	Sunday	Seychelles
June	Monday	Seychelles
June	Tuesday	Eritrea
June	Wednesday	Togo
June	Sunday	Mozambique
June	Monday	Madagascar, Mozambique, Somalia
June	Tuesday	Djibouti, Djibouti, Libya, Sudan
June	Wednesday	Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Djibouti, Eritrea*, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Libya, Madagascar, Mayotte, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Sénégal, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda
June	Thursday	Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan*, Sudan, Tunisia
June	Friday	Central African Republic, Congo (DRC), Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan
July	Saturday	Botswana, Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania*
July	Monday	Rwanda, Zambia
July	Tuesday	Rwanda, Zambia
July	Wednesday	Algeria, Cape Verde
July	Thursday	Comoros, Malawi
July	Friday	Tanzania
July	Sunday	South Sudan
July	Wednesday	Sao Tome and Principe
July	Friday	Mayotte, Réunion
July	Monday	Botswana, Lesotho
July	Tuesday	Botswana
July	Wednesday	Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia
July	Saturday	Gambia, Swaziland (eSwatini)
July	Tuesday	Tunisia
July	Wednesday	Liberia
July	Friday	Algeria, Gambia, Mali, Somalia, Sénégal
July	Sunday	Morocco, South Sudan
Aug	Tuesday	Bénin, Congo (DRC)
Aug	Thursday	Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Niger
Aug	Friday	Ghana, Rwanda
Aug	Saturday	Burkina Faso
Aug	Monday	Côte d'Ivoire, Zambia
Aug	Tuesday	Tanzania
Aug	Wednesday	South Africa
Aug	Friday	Chad
Aug	Sunday	Central African Republic, Tunisia
Aug	Monday	Morocco, Zimbabwe
Aug	Tuesday	Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Mayotte, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Sénégal, Togo, Zimbabwe
Aug	Wednesday	Gabon
Aug	Thursday	Gabon
Aug	Sunday	Morocco
Aug	Monday	Morocco
Aug	Thursday	Liberia
Aug	Saturday	Namibia
Sep	Friday	Eritrea
Sep	Sunday	Sénégal
Sep	Monday	Swaziland (eSwatini)
Sep	Wednesday	Sao Tome and Principe, Swaziland (eSwatini)
Sep	Thursday	Mozambique
Sep	Tuesday	Eritrea*, Ethiopia
Sep	Saturday	Libya
Sep	Sunday	Angola
Sep	Wednesday	Mauritius
Sep	Thursday	Ghana
Sep	Friday	Mali
Sep	Sunday	Guinea-Bissau, South Africa
Sep	Monday	Mozambique, South Africa
Sep	Wednesday	Algeria, Burkina Faso, Bénin, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Libya, Mayotte, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Sénégal, Tanzania, Tunisia
Sep	Thursday	Côte d'Ivoire, Eritrea*, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco
Sep	Friday	Morocco*
Sep	Saturday	Botswana, Sao Tome and Principe
Oct	Sunday	Nigeria
Oct	Monday	Botswana, Guinea, Nigeria
Oct	Wednesday	Lesotho, Mozambique
Oct	Thursday	Mali
Oct	Monday	Uganda
Oct	Tuesday	Kenya
Oct	Thursday	Equatorial Guinea
Oct	Friday	Burundi
Oct	Saturday	Tanzania
Oct	Sunday	Malawi, Tunisia
Oct	Monday	Malawi
Oct	Wednesday	Zambia
Oct	Friday	Kenya
Oct	Saturday	Burundi
Oct	Monday	Libya
Oct	Tuesday	Zambia
Oct	Tuesday	Burkina Faso
Nov	Wednesday	Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Réunion, Seychelles, Sénégal, Togo
Nov	Thursday	Angola, Liberia, Mauritius
Nov	Friday	Angola
Nov	Monday	Morocco
Nov	Friday	Mozambique*
Nov	Saturday	Angola, Mayotte, Réunion
Nov	Sunday	Comoros, Kenya*, Mauritius
Nov	Tuesday	Guinea-Bissau
Nov	Wednesday	Côte d'Ivoire
Nov	Saturday	Morocco
Nov	Tuesday	Chad, Congo (Republic), Mauritania
Nov	Wednesday	Liberia
Dec	Friday	Central African Republic, Chad, Ghana
Dec	Friday	Equatorial Guinea, Seychelles
Dec	Saturday	Tanzania
Dec	Sunday	Namibia
Dec	Monday	Burkina Faso, Namibia
Dec	Tuesday	Kenya
Dec	Saturday	South Africa
Dec	Sunday	Tunisia
Dec	Monday	Niger
Dec	Wednesday	Réunion
Dec	Thursday	Sao Tome and Principe
Dec	Friday	Zimbabwe
Dec	Sunday	Libya, South Sudan
Dec	Monday	Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (DRC), Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea*, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Réunion, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland (eSwatini), Sénégal, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Dec	Tuesday	Botswana, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland (eSwatini), Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Dec	Saturday	Swaziland (eSwatini)

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