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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 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and beyond, is available, immediately, with a professional license.

Date Weekday Countries
Jan 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, Kenya, 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 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 Tuesday Botswana, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Seychelles
Jan Wednesday Congo (DRC)
Jan Saturday Eritrea*, Ethiopia, Ghana, Sudan
Jan Monday Ghana
Jan Tuesday Bénin
Jan Wednesday Morocco
Jan Thursday Algeria, Tanzania
Jan Friday Cape Verde, Morocco
Jan Saturday Tunisia
Jan Sunday Malawi
Jan Monday Congo (DRC), Malawi
Jan Tuesday Congo (DRC)
Jan Thursday Eritrea, Ethiopia
Jan Friday Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mali
Jan Sunday Mauritius
Jan Wednesday Angola*
Jan Thursday Uganda
Feb Wednesday Mauritius, Rwanda
Feb Friday Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe
Feb Saturday Angola
Feb Sunday Burundi, Mauritius
Feb Monday Burundi
Feb Saturday Cameroon, Liberia
Feb Thursday Uganda
Feb Friday Libya
Feb Saturday Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, Mauritius, Mayotte*, Sierra Leone, Somalia*
Feb Tuesday Angola, Cape Verde*, Zimbabwe
Feb Wednesday Cape Verde*
Mar Thursday Ethiopia
Mar Friday Malawi
Mar Monday Ghana
Mar Wednesday Angola, Burkina Faso, Chad, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar*, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia
Mar Saturday Lesotho
Mar Sunday Mauritius, Zambia
Mar Monday Zambia
Mar Wednesday Liberia
Mar Saturday Comoros
Mar Monday Tunisia
Mar Tuesday Namibia, South Africa
Mar Wednesday Mauritius
Mar Thursday Angola
Mar Friday Congo (DRC)*
Mar Sunday Mali
Mar Wednesday Central African Republic, Madagascar
Apr Monday Guinea
Apr Tuesday Angola, Sénégal
Apr Thursday Burundi
Apr 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 Saturday Botswana, Malawi, Seychelles, South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Apr Sunday Madagascar, Namibia, South Sudan, Sudan*, Tunisia, Zimbabwe
Apr 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 Friday Eritrea*, Ethiopia, Liberia
Apr Sunday Eritrea*, Ethiopia, Sudan*
Apr Monday Gabon
Apr Tuesday Gambia, Guinea, Zimbabwe
Apr Wednesday Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, Swaziland (eSwatini)
Apr 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, Mayotte*, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Sénégal, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda
Apr Saturday Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan*, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia
Apr Sunday Comoros, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco*, Somalia*, Sudan, Tunisia
Apr Monday Niger, Sudan
Apr Tuesday Swaziland (eSwatini)
Apr Wednesday Tanzania
Apr Thursday Mayotte, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo
Apr Saturday Cape Verde*
May 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 Thursday Namibia
May Friday Ethiopia
May Monday Mayotte, Réunion
May Sunday Liberia, Malawi
May Monday Liberia, Malawi
May Tuesday South Sudan
May Wednesday Congo (DRC)
May 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 Friday Cape Verde*, Somalia*
May Saturday Cameroon
May Wednesday Eritrea
May Thursday Gambia, Guinea, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
May Saturday Nigeria*
May Sunday Ethiopia, Madagascar
May 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, 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 Monday 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, 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 Monday Morocco
Nov Friday Mozambique*
Nov Saturday Angola, Mayotte, Réunion
Nov Sunday Mauritius
Nov Monday Kenya*
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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