Amateur Radio Callsign database

Call signs in Africa are codes used to identify all radio communications, broadcasts and transmissions. The International Telecommunication Union assignes Africa as ITU region #1. It has assigned call signs prefix blocks to countries including 77 DXCC entities in and off-shore of Africa. Western Sahara is not a DXCC entity but uses SØ as a prefix.

Amateur radio or ham radio is practised by operators holding nationally allocated call signs in African countries or foreign administered territories and other nations or DXCC entities. Callsign allocation from the International Telegraph Union is administered by national political authorities and international mandates.

Call sign blocks[edit]

The following call sign blocks are used for all radio communication, broadcasting or transmission:

CQ Zone 33/northwest Africa, European territories[edit]

Call sign block	DXCC Entity	Apprx. # callsigns
3V, TS	Tunisia	53
7R, 7T–7Y	Algeria	94
CN, 5C–5G	Morocco	453
CQ3, CQ9, CR3, CR9, CS3, CS9, CT3, CT9	Madeira Is. (Portugal)	408
AM8, AN8, AO8, EA8–EH8	Canary Is. (Spain)	3, 693
AM9, AN9, AO9, EA9, EB9. EC9, ED9. EE9, EF9, EG9, EH9	Ceuta (Spain)	771
AM9, AN9, AO9, EC9, ED9	Melilla (Spain)	incl. in Ceuta
IG9 & IH9	Pelagie, Pantelleria (Italy)

CQ Zone 34/northeast Africa[edit]

5A	Libya	22
ST, 6TA–6UZ	Sudan	46
Z8	South Sudan

Sudan further subdivides its call signs thusly (with possible changes due to the 2011 independence of South Sudan): ST2 Khartoum and its region, ST3 Wad Madani, central region, ST4 Al Ubayyid, Kurdufan region, ST5 Kassala, eastern region, ST6 Port Sudan, northeast region, ST7 Ad'Damir, northwest region, ST8 Al'Fashir, Darfour region, and ST9 Malakal, central-south region; Wau, Bahr-al-Ghazal region.

CQ Zone 35/west coast (northern) central Africa[edit]

3X	Guinea
5N–5O	Nigeria	152
5T	Mauritania
5U	Niger	38
5V	Togo	49
6V–6W	Senegal	137
9G	Ghana	121
9L	Sierra Leone	62
C5	The Gambia
D4	Cape Verde	26
EL, 5L–5M, 6Z, A8, D5	Liberia	127
J5	Guinea-Bissau	45
TU	Côte d'Ivoire	108
TY	Benin
TZ	Mali	52
XT	Burkina Faso	59

Nigeria further subdivides its prefixes thus: 5N1 = OGUN, OYO, ONDO; 5N2 = KWARA, KOGI, NIGER, OSUN; 5N3 = EDO, DELTA, ANAMBRA; 5N4 = ENUGU, RIVERS, ABIA; 5N5 = CROSS RIVERS, AKWA-IBOM, IMO, BENUE; 5N6 = PLATEAU, TARABA, BAUCHI; 5N7 = ADAMAWA, YOBE, BORNO; 5N8 = KANO, JIGAWA; 5N9 = KADUNA, SOKOTO, KEBBI, KATSINA; and 5NØ = LAGOS STATE AND ABUJA, F.C.T.

Senegal further subdivides its prefixes thus: 6W1 Dakar, 6W2 Ziguinchor, 6W3 Diourbei, 6W4 St. Louis 6W5 Tambacounda, 6W6 Kaolack, 6W7 Thies, 6W8 Louga, 6W9 Fatick and 6WØ Kolda.

Liberia further subdivides its prefixes thus: EL1 Grand Bassa, River Cess, EL2 Montserrado, Bomi, Margibi, EL3 Sinoe, EL4 Maryland, Grand Kru, EL5 Lofa, EL6 Grand Gedeh, EL7 Bong, EL8 Nimba, EL9 Grand Cape Mount, and ELØ for Novices and Club Stations

CQ Zone 36/west coast (southern) central Africa[edit]

3C	Equatorial Guinea	29
3CØ	Annobon Is. (Equatorial Guinea)
9I–9J	Zambia	89
9O–9T	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
9U	Burundi	18
9X	Rwanda	32
D2–D3	Angola	42
S9	Sao Tome & Principe	50
TJ	Cameroon	39
TL	Central Africa Republic
TN	Republic of Congo	27
TR	Gabon	90
TT	Chad
ZD7	St. Helena (UK)
ZD8	Ascension Is. (UK)

Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) further subdivides its call signs thusly: 9Q1 – Kinshasa, 9Q2 – Bas Congo, 9Q3 – Bandundu, 9Q4 – Equateur, 9Q5 – Province orientale, 9Q6 – North Kivu, South Kivu, Maniema, 9Q7– Katanga, 9Q8 – Oriental Kasai, 9Q9 – Occidental Kasai, and 9QØ – Reserved