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Africa Public Holidays 2025

The table below contains the list of official Africa public holidays for the calendar year 2025. The qppstudio worldwide public holidays database for 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, and beyond, is available, immediately, with a professional license.

Date	Weekday	Countries
Jan 1	Wednesday	Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (DRC), Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, eSwatini, 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, Sénégal, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Jan 2	Thursday	Botswana, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Togo
Jan 3	Friday	Burkina Faso
Jan 4	Saturday	Congo (DRC)
Jan 7	Tuesday	Eritrea*, Ethiopia, Ghana, Sudan
Jan 10	Friday	Bénin
Jan 11	Saturday	Morocco
Jan 12	Sunday	Algeria, Tanzania
Jan 13	Monday	Cape Verde
Jan 14	Tuesday	Mali, Morocco
Jan 15	Wednesday	Malawi
Jan 16	Thursday	Congo (DRC)
Jan 17	Friday	Congo (DRC)
Jan 19	Sunday	Eritrea, Ethiopia
Jan 20	Monday	Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mali
Jan 25	Saturday	Angola*
Jan 26	Sunday	Uganda
Jan 27	Monday	Comoros, Djibouti, Mayotte, Somalia
Jan 29	Wednesday	Mauritius
Feb 1	Saturday	Mauritius, Rwanda
Feb 3	Monday	Angola, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe
Feb 4	Tuesday	Angola
Feb 5	Wednesday	Burundi
Feb 11	Tuesday	Cameroon, Liberia, Mauritius
Feb 16	Sunday	Uganda
Feb 17	Monday	Libya
Feb 18	Tuesday	Gambia, Sierra Leone
Feb 21	Friday	Zimbabwe
Feb 26	Wednesday	Mauritius
Mar 2	Sunday	Ethiopia
Mar 3	Monday	Angola, Malawi
Mar 4	Tuesday	Angola, Cape Verde*
Mar 5	Wednesday	Cape Verde*
Mar 6	Thursday	Ghana
Mar 8	Saturday	Angola, Burkina Faso, Chad, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar*, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia
Mar 11	Tuesday	Lesotho
Mar 12	Wednesday	Liberia, Mauritius, Zambia
Mar 15	Saturday	Liberia
Mar 18	Tuesday	Comoros
Mar 19	Wednesday	Libya
Mar 20	Thursday	Tunisia
Mar 21	Friday	Namibia, South Africa
Mar 23	Sunday	Angola
Mar 26	Wednesday	Mali
Mar 27	Thursday	Gambia, Guinea
Mar 28	Friday	Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger
Mar 29	Saturday	Central African Republic, Madagascar
Mar 30	Sunday	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, Mauritius, Mayotte, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Sénégal, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda
Mar 31	Monday	Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Libya, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan*, Sudan, Sénégal, Tanzania, Tunisia
Apr 1	Tuesday	Algeria, Comoros, Kenya, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia
Apr 2	Wednesday	Sudan
Apr 4	Friday	Angola, Sénégal
Apr 5	Saturday	Congo (DRC)
Apr 6	Sunday	Burundi, Congo (DRC)
Apr 7	Monday	Burundi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania
Apr 9	Wednesday	Tunisia*
Apr 11	Friday	Liberia
Apr 17	Thursday	Cape Verde*, Gabon
Apr 18	Friday	Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Eritrea, eSwatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe*, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
Apr 19	Saturday	Botswana, eSwatini, Malawi, Seychelles, South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Apr 20	Sunday	Eritrea, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Namibia, South Sudan, Sudan, Sudan*, Zimbabwe
Apr 21	Monday	Botswana, Burkina Faso, Bénin, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, eSwatini, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mayotte, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sénégal, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Apr 24	Thursday	Niger
Apr 25	Friday	eSwatini
Apr 26	Saturday	Tanzania
Apr 27	Sunday	Mayotte, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo
Apr 28	Monday	Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zambia
Apr 29	Tuesday	Cape Verde*
May 1	Thursday	Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (DRC), Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, eSwatini, 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, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sénégal, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia*, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
May 2	Friday	Angola
May 4	Sunday	Namibia
May 5	Monday	Ethiopia, Namibia
May 8	Thursday	Mayotte, Réunion
May 14	Wednesday	Liberia, Malawi
May 15	Thursday	Burkina Faso
May 16	Friday	South Sudan
May 17	Saturday	Congo (DRC)
May 18	Sunday	Somalia*
May 19	Monday	Cape Verde, Somalia
May 20	Tuesday	Cameroon
May 24	Saturday	Eritrea
May 25	Sunday	Gambia, Guinea, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
May 26	Monday	Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
May 28	Wednesday	Ethiopia
May 29	Thursday	Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, eSwatini, Gabon, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mayotte, Namibia, Réunion, Sénégal, Togo
June 1	Sunday	Cape Verde
June 2	Monday	Kenya
June 3	Tuesday	Uganda
June 5	Thursday	Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Sudan
June 6	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, Mayotte, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Sénégal, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda
June 7	Saturday	Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan*, Sudan, Tunisia
June 8	Sunday	Gabon, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia*
June 9	Monday	Bénin, Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Madagascar, Mayotte, Réunion, Sudan, Sénégal, Togo, Uganda
June 10	Tuesday	Congo (Republic)
June 12	Thursday	Nigeria
June 16	Monday	South Africa
June 18	Wednesday	Seychelles
June 19	Thursday	Equatorial Guinea, Seychelles
June 20	Friday	Eritrea
June 21	Saturday	Togo
June 25	Wednesday	Mozambique
June 26	Thursday	Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, Libya, Madagascar, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia
June 27	Friday	Djibouti, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia*
June 28	Saturday	Djibouti
June 29	Sunday	Seychelles
June 30	Monday	Central African Republic, Congo (DRC), Seychelles
July	Tuesday	Botswana, Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania*
July	Friday	Rwanda
July	Saturday	Algeria, Algeria, Cape Verde, Gambia, Sénégal
July	Sunday	Comoros, Malawi, Mali, Somalia
July	Monday	Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia
July	Tuesday	Zambia
July	Wednesday	South Sudan
July	Saturday	Sao Tome and Principe
July	Monday	Mayotte, Réunion
July	Thursday	Lesotho
July	Monday	Botswana
July	Tuesday	Botswana, eSwatini, Gambia
July	Friday	Tunisia
July	Saturday	Liberia
July	Wednesday	Morocco, South Sudan
Aug	Friday	Bénin, Congo (DRC), Rwanda
Aug	Sunday	Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Niger
Aug	Monday	Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Zambia
Aug	Tuesday	Burkina Faso
Aug	Thursday	Côte d'Ivoire
Aug	Friday	Tanzania
Aug	Saturday	South Africa
Aug	Monday	Chad, Zimbabwe
Aug	Tuesday	Sénégal, Zimbabwe
Aug	Wednesday	Central African Republic, Tunisia*
Aug	Thursday	Morocco
Aug	Friday	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
Aug	Saturday	Gabon
Aug	Sunday	Gabon
Aug	Wednesday	Morocco
Aug	Thursday	Morocco
Aug	Sunday	Liberia
Aug	Monday	Liberia
Aug	Tuesday	Namibia
Aug	Thursday	Mauritius
Sep	Monday	Eritrea, eSwatini
Sep	Thursday	Algeria, Burkina Faso, Bénin, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Libya, Mayotte, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Sénégal, Tanzania, Tunisia
Sep	Friday	Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia
Sep	Saturday	eSwatini, Morocco*, Sao Tome and Principe
Sep	Sunday	Mozambique
Sep	Monday	Mozambique
Sep	Thursday	Eritrea*, Ethiopia
Sep	Friday	Mali
Sep	Tuesday	Libya
Sep	Wednesday	Angola
Sep	Sunday	Ghana
Sep	Monday	Ghana, Mali
Sep	Wednesday	Guinea-Bissau, South Africa
Sep	Thursday	Mozambique
Sep	Saturday	Eritrea*, Ethiopia
Sep	Tuesday	Botswana, Sao Tome and Principe
Oct	Wednesday	Botswana, Nigeria
Oct	Thursday	Guinea
Oct	Saturday	Lesotho, Mozambique
Oct	Thursday	Uganda
Oct	Friday	Kenya
Oct	Sunday	Equatorial Guinea
Oct	Monday	Burundi, Equatorial Guinea
Oct	Tuesday	Tanzania
Oct	Wednesday	Malawi, Tunisia*
Oct	Saturday	Zambia
Oct	Monday	Kenya
Oct	Tuesday	Burundi, Mauritius
Oct	Thursday	Libya
Oct	Friday	Zambia
Oct	Wednesday	Uganda
Oct	Friday	Burkina Faso
Nov	Saturday	Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Réunion, Seychelles, Sénégal, Togo
Nov	Sunday	Angola, Mauritius
Nov	Thursday	Liberia, Morocco
Nov	Monday	Angola, Mozambique*
Nov	Tuesday	Angola, Mayotte, Réunion
Nov	Wednesday	Comoros
Nov	Friday	Guinea-Bissau
Nov	Saturday	Côte d'Ivoire
Nov	Tuesday	Morocco
Nov	Friday	Chad, Congo (Republic), Mauritania
Nov	Saturday	Liberia
Dec	Monday	Central African Republic, Chad
Dec	Friday	Ghana
Dec	Monday	Equatorial Guinea, Seychelles
Dec	Tuesday	Tanzania
Dec	Wednesday	Namibia
Dec	Thursday	Burkina Faso
Dec	Friday	Kenya
Dec	Tuesday	South Africa
Dec	Wednesday	Tunisia
Dec	Thursday	Niger
Dec	Saturday	Réunion
Dec	Sunday	Sao Tome and Principe
Dec	Monday	Zimbabwe
Dec	Wednesday	Angola*, Libya, South Sudan
Dec	Thursday	Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (DRC), Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea*, eSwatini, 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, Sénégal, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Dec	Friday	Angola, Botswana, eSwatini, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Dec	Wednesday	Angola*

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