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Africa Public Holidays 2027

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

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

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