
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the continent Africa:

African Urban Institute is a think tank that researches on urban development in Africa. It conducts research in urban development with three thematic areas: sustainable cities, prosperous cities and inclusive cities. Its focus areas include, urban mobility, land use planning, housing, environmental planning and urban governance. Its stated mission is to "Unlock urban development in Africa through better ideas and research." As a non-profit organisation, African Urban Institute describes itself as independent and non-partisan.

This list of castles in Africa includes castles, forts, and mock castles in Africa.

There are two African currency unions associated with multinational central banks; the West African Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO) and the Central African Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale (BEAC). Members of both currency unions use the CFA Franc as their legal tender.

The following are lists of cities in Africa.

The following is a list of the 100 largest cities in Africa by city proper population using the most recent official estimate. This reflects only cities located geographically in Africa including nearby islands.

African countries have the following coats of arms or national emblems:

Note:"Modern" is defined as post-WWI period, from 1918 until today. "North Africa" has a definition approximately that of the Arab term `Maghreb`. "Conflict" is defined as a separate 100+ casualty incident. In all cases conflicts are listed by total deaths, including subconflicts.

Conflicts in the Horn of Africa have been occurring since the 17th century BCE. The Horn of Africa includes the nations of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia.

This is a list of African cuisines. A cuisine is a characteristic style of cooking practices and traditions, often associated with a specific culture. The various cuisines of Africa use a combination of locally available fruits, cereal grains and vegetables, as well as milk and meat products. In some parts of the continent, the traditional diet features a preponderance of milk, curd and whey products. The continent's diverse demographic makeup is reflected in the many different eating and drinking habits, dishes, and preparation techniques of its manifold populations.

List of African dependencies — including their respective capitals:

The ethnic groups of Africa number in the thousands, with each population generally having its own language and culture. The ethnolinguistic groups include various Afroasiatic, Khoisan, Niger-Congo and Nilo-Saharan populations.

This is a list of extinct languages of Africa, languages which have undergone language death, have no native speakers and no spoken descendant. There are 52 languages listed.

These are the various flags of Africa.
Africa, specifically East Africa, has contained glacial regions, possibly as far back as the last glacial maximum 10,000 to 15,000 years ago. Seasonal snow does exist on the highest peaks of East Africa as well as in the Drakensberg Range of South Africa, the Stormberg Mountains, and the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Currently, the only remaining glaciers on the continent exist on Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, and the Rwenzori.

This is a list of kingdoms in pre-colonial Africa.

This is a list of hospitals for each country in Africa.

This is a list of islands of Africa.

This is a list of national parks in Africa. The nature of the parks varies considerably not only between countries but also within some nations - the degree of protection, accessibility and type of environment for which it is intended to deliver protection. Some parks have been cleared of their original human population, others have always been essentially uninhabited, while yet others contain significant population centers.

Education in Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields has been identified as a development goal in the global South. STEM oriented economies perform strongly on a number of economic indicators. Currently, there is a shortage of trained scientists in Africa. Many African countries are investing in STEM research and education, with the African Union encouraging its members to spend 1% of their GDP on STEM.

This is a list of the largest urban agglomerations in Africa. Figures are from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report, as well as from citypopulation.de. Figures for administrative areas are also given.

The continent of Africa is commonly divided into five regions or subregions, four of which are in Sub-Saharan Africa.

This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa. It includes both fully recognised states, states with limited or zero recognition, and dependent territories of both African and non-African states. It lists 56 sovereign states, two non-sovereign (dependent) territories of non-African sovereign states, and nine sub-national regions of non-African sovereign states.

This is a list of stock exchanges in Africa.

The African records in swimming are the fastest times ever by a swimmer representing an African country. These records are ratified by CANA, the African Swimming Confederation.