It is not well known, that many African countries have had their road and street data captured. This data has been captured for use in navigational Global Positioning Systems (GPS). AfricaScope in partnership with companies like MapIT now provide access to this information for countries across Africa. The data includes administrative boundaries, roads, water resources, rivers, topography, conservation area, land use, place boundaries, railways and places of interest. Points of Interest such as accommodation, coffeeshops, community services, schools, entertainment centres, financial serices, food stores, health facilities, motor and filling stations, religious institutions, retail stores and transport are also available Data for the following countries can be provided:
| Algeria |
| Angola |
| Benin |
| Botswana |
| Burkina Faso |
| Burundi |
| Cameroon |
| Cape Verde Islands |
| Central African Republic |
| Chad |
| Comoros |
| Congo |
| Djibouti |
| DRC |
| Egypt |
| Equatorial Guinea |
| Eritrea |
| Ethiopia |
| Gabon |
| Gambia, The |
| Ghana |
| Guinea |
| Guinea-Bissau |
| Ivory Coast |
| Kenya |
| Lesotho |
| Liberia |
| Libya |
| Madagascar |
| Malawi |
| Mali |
| Mauritania |
| Mauritius |
| Mayotte |
| Morocco (Incl Western Sahara) |
| Mozambique |
| Namibia |
| Niger |
| Nigeria |
| Reunion |
| Rwanda |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
| Senegal |
| Sierra Leone |
| Somalia |
| Sudan |
| South Africa |
| Swaziland |
| Tanzania |
| Togo |
| Tunisia |
| Uganda |
| Zambia |
| Zimbabwe |
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