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Best Cafés in Africa (2026)

Coffee shops, bakeries, tea rooms and dessert spots for breakfast, a light lunch or a break between sights.

103 places · Updated November 12, 2026

Our top 3 cafés in Africa

  1. Bean There Coffee Company Fairtrade coffee roaster and café, MilparkBean There, founded in 2005 as South Africa's first roaster of Fairtrade certified coffee, serves single-origin African coffees at its café in the 44 Stanley precinct.
  2. Café Clock Café, cultural centre and cooking school, Fes el-BaliA café and cultural space off Tala'a Kebira, home of the camel burger, with a roof terrace, nightly live music and classes in cooking, oud and calligraphy.
  3. Café des Épices Café with roof terrace, Medina (Rahba Kedima)A relaxed café overlooking the medina's spice square, with a roof terrace of low tables and cushions, Moroccan breakfasts, fresh juices and light meals.

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2. Café Clock

Café, cultural centre and cooking school$$Fes el-Bali

A café and cultural space off Tala'a Kebira, home of the camel burger, with a roof terrace, nightly live music and classes in cooking, oud and calligraphy.

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3. Café des Épices

Café with roof terrace$Medina (Rahba Kedima)

A relaxed café overlooking the medina's spice square, with a roof terrace of low tables and cushions, Moroccan breakfasts, fresh juices and light meals.

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4. Café M’Rabet

Historic coffee house$Medina

Founded in the early seventeenth century and considered the oldest coffee house in Tunisia, a medina café with columns, benches and tea with pine nuts.

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6. El Fishawy

Traditional coffeehouse$Islamic Cairo

The celebrated coffeehouse of Khan el-Khalili, serving mint tea, Turkish coffee and shisha in a mirrored alley since the late 18th century.

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8. Karambezi Café

Seafront all-day café and restaurant$$$Msasani Peninsula

An all-day café and restaurant on the rocks at the Sea Cliff Hotel, at the northern tip of the Msasani Peninsula, with ocean views, seafood and pastries.

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9. Karveli

Bakery, cafe and gelato$$City centre

Ugandan-owned bakery cafe on Lumumba Avenue, founded in 2017, baking European-style bread and croissants and serving gelato, coffee and cooked meals from 07:00 daily.

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10. La Sqala

Moorish café and Moroccan restaurant$$Ancienne Médina

A Moorish café and Moroccan restaurant inside the 18th-century Sqala bastion on the edge of the old medina, with an Andalusian garden and views towards the Atlantic.

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11. Lulu Café

Café, concept store and co-working$$Mermoz

Bright café and concept store in Mermoz with Senegalese twists on burgers and pasta, a co-working space and a shop of local designers' products.

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12. Mai Shayi Coffee

Specialty coffee roaster and cafe$$Asokoro

A Nigerian specialty coffee company that grows, roasts and serves its own Plateau State Arabica, with two cafes in Asokoro including a late-opening flagship.

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13. Olivia’s Kitchen

Bakery, deli and all-day restaurant$$Am Weinberg Estate, Klein Windhoek

Bakery, deli and restaurant on the Am Weinberg Estate, known for breakfasts, fresh bread and cakes, and since 2024 Italian-inspired dinners with Namibian flavours.

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16. Thorn Tree Café

Historic hotel café$$Central Business District

The Sarova Stanley's pavement café, built around an acacia tree where generations of travellers pinned messages for one another in the days before email.

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17. Tomoca

Historic coffee house and roaster$Piazza

Addis Ababa's best-known coffee house, roasting its own beans, with the original standing bar on Wavel Street in Piazza and several newer branches.

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