Under UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), there are 70 biosphere reserves recognized as part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves in African states as of 2016. These are distributed across 28 countries. While biosphere reserves in West African, East African, Central African and Southern African countries are organised in the AfriMAB regional network, biosphere reserves in Northern African countries are organised in the ArabMAB, UNESCO's regional MAB network (see World Network of Biosphere Reserves in the Arab States for reserves in these countries).

The list

Below is the list of biosphere reserves in Africa, organized by country/territory, along with the year these were designated as part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

Benin

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Congo

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Egypt

Ethiopia

Gabon

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Morocco

Niger

Nigeria

Rwanda

São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal

South Africa

Sudan

Togo

Uganda

Tanzania

Zimbabwe