Algeria

• Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad (1980)
• Djémila (1982)
• M'Zab Valley (1982)
• Tassili n'Ajjer (1982)
• Timgad (1982)
• Tipasa (1982)
• Kasbah of Algiers (1992)

Benin

• Royal Palaces of Abomey (1985)

Botswana

• Tsodilo (2001)

Cameroon

• Dja Faunal Reserve (1987)

Central African Republic

• Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (1988)

Côte d'Ivoire

• Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (1981, 1982)*
• Taï National Park (1982)
• Comoé National Park (1983)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Virunga National Park (1979)
• Garamba National Park (1980)
• Kahuzi-Biega National Park (1980)
• Salonga National Park (1984)
• Okapi Wildlife Reserve (1996)

Egypt

• Abu Mena (1979)
• Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (1979)
• Islamic Cairo (1979)
• Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (1979)
• Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae (1979)
• Saint Catherine Area (2002)
• Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) (2005)

Ethiopia

• Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela (1978)
• Simien National Park (1978)
• Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region (1979)
• Aksum (1980)
• Lower Valley of the Awash (1980)
• Lower Valley of the Omo (1980)
• Tiya (1980)
• Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town (2006)

Gambia

• James Island and Related Sites (2003)
• Stone Circles of Senegambia (2006)*

Ghana

• Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions (1979)
• Asante Traditional Buildings (1980)

Guinea

• Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (1981, 1982)*

Kenya

• Lake Turkana National Parks (1997, 2001)
• Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest (1997)
• Lamu Old Town (2001)

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

• Archaeological Site of Cyrene (1982)
• Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna (1982)
• Archaeological Site of Sabratha (1982)
• Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus (1985)
• Old Town of Ghadamès (1986)

Madagascar

• Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve (1990)
• Royal Hill of Ambohimanga (2001)

Malawi

• Lake Malawi National Park (1984)
• Chongoni Rock Art Area (2006)

Mali

• Old Towns of Djenné (1988)
• Timbuktu (1988)
• Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) (1989)
• Tomb of Askia (2004)

Mauritania

• Banc d'Arguin National Park (1989)
• Banc d'Arguin National Park (1989)

Mauritius

• Aapravasi Ghat (2006)

Morocco

• Medina of Fez (1981)
• Medina of Marrakesh (1985)
• Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou (1987)
• Historic City of Meknes (1996)
• Archaeological Site of Volubilis (1997)
• Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin) (1997)
• Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador) (2001)
• Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida) (2004)

Mozambique

• Island of Mozambique (1991)

Niger

• Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (1991)
• W National Park of Niger (1996)

Nigeria

• Sukur Cultural Landscape (1999)
• Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove (2005)

Senegal

• Island of Gorée (1978)
• Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (1981)
• Niokolo-Koba National Park (1981)
• Island of Saint-Louis (2000)
• Stone Circles of Senegambia (2006)*

Seychelles

• Aldabra Atoll (1982)
• Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve (1983)

South Africa

• Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs (1999, 2005)
• Robben Island (1999)
• uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park (2000)
• Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (2003)
• Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (2004)
• Vredefort Dome (2005)

Sudan

• Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region (2003)

Togo

• Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba (2004)

Tunisia

• Amphitheatre of El Jem (1979)
• Medina of Tunis (1979)
• Site of Carthage (1979)
• Ichkeul National Park (1980)
• Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis (1985, 1986)
• Kairouan (1988)
• Medina of Sousse (1988)
• Dougga/Thugga (1997)

Uganda

• Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (1994)
• Rwenzori Mountains National Park (1994)
• Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi (2001)

United Kingdom

• Gough and Inaccessible Islands (1995, 2004)

United Republic of Tanzania

• Ngorongoro Conservation Area (1979)
• Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara (1981)
• Serengeti National Park (1981)
• Selous Game Reserve (1982)
• Kilimanjaro National Park (1987)
• Stone Town of Zanzibar (2000)
• Kondoa Rock Art Sites (2006)

Yemen

• Old Walled City of Shibam (1982)
• Old City of Sana'a (1986)
• Historic Town of Zabid (1993)

• Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (1989)*

Zimbabwe

• Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas (1984)
• Great Zimbabwe National Monument (1986)
• Khami Ruins National Monument (1986)
• Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (1989)*
• Matobo Hills (2003)