Kinshasa , the largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as in Africa , is the nation's financial and economic centre.
Lagos , Nigeria is the second largest city in Africa and one of the primary economic hubs for the continent.
Cairo , Egypt is the third largest city in Africa and the largest one in the Arab world .
Riverside of Giza , a mega-suburb of Cairo and the second-largest city in Egypt with over 9 million inhabitants.
Oceanside of Luanda , the Angolan metropolis and a major hub for Africa's fossil fuel industries.
Skyline of Dar es Salaam : the largest city in Tanzania and in eastern Africa .
Seaside of Egypt's third-largest city and its ancient capital: Alexandria , the largest port in this bicontinental country.
East Africa's central business hub and Kenya 's capital, Nairobi .
Cape Peninsula of Cape Town , Africa's southernmost city and the second largest one in South Africa , also its legislative capital.
Kampala is the hub of Uganda .
View of Algiers : Algeria's metropolis is one of the most important economic and traditional centres in North Africa .
Tunis , the Tunisian capital as well as a major commercial and logistic turntable of the Maghreb .
Aerial view of Harare , the capital and centre of Zimbabwe .
Kilindini Harbour in Mombasa , Kenya's second largest city and its historical gate to the Indian Ocean trade.
The Jemaa el-Fnaa marketplace in the Moroccan Imperial city of Marrakech is an old commercial key to the Sahara .
The following is a list of the 100 largest cities in Africa by urban population using the most recent official estimate. This reflects only cities located geographically in Africa including related islands.