Other African Lakes
North Africa
- Lake Qarun - Egypt
- Lake Nasser - Egypt/Sudan (reservoir)
West Africa
- Lake Volta - Ghana (reservoir)
- Lake Chad - Chad/Niger/Nigeria/Cameroon
- Lake Kainji - Nigeria (reservoir)
- Lake Nokoué - Benin
- Lake Togo - Togo
East Africa
- Lake Victoria - Kenya/Uganda/Tanzania
- Lake Tanganyika - Tanzania/DR Congo/Burundi/Zambia
- Lake Malawi (Nyasa) - Malawi/Mozambique/Tanzania
- Lake Turkana - Kenya/Ethiopia
- Lake Albert - Uganda/DR Congo
- Lake Edward - Uganda/DR Congo
- Lake Kyoga - Uganda
- Lake Kivu - Rwanda/DR Congo
- Lake Baringo - Kenya
- Lake Nakuru - Kenya
- Lake Naivasha - Kenya
- Lake Eyasi - Tanzania
- Lake Rukwa - Tanzania
- Lake Manyara - Tanzania
- Lake Natron - Tanzania/Kenya
Central Africa
- Lake Mweru - Zambia/DR Congo
- Lake Bangweulu - Zambia
- Lake Mai-Ndombe - DR Congo
- Lake Tumba - DR Congo
Southern Africa
- Lake Kariba - Zambia/Zimbabwe (reservoir)
- Lake Cahora Bassa - Mozambique (reservoir)
- Lake Ngami - Botswana
- Lake St. Lucia - South Africa
- Etosha Pan - Namibia (seasonal lake)
- Lake Sibaya - South Africa
- Makgadikgadi Pans - Botswana (seasonal lakes)
Notable Seasonal and Minor Lakes
- Lake Assal - Djibouti (hypersaline)
- Lake Afrera - Ethiopia (hypersaline)
- Lake Abhe Bad - Djibouti/Ethiopia
- Lake Hayq - Ethiopia
- Lake Ziway - Ethiopia
- Lake Shala - Ethiopia
- Lake Abaya - Ethiopia
- Lake Chamo - Ethiopia
- Lake Awasa - Ethiopia