Complete directory of NRAs across 55 African countries with contact information
| Country | NRA Name | WHO Maturity Level | AMA Treaty | Contact Information | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria DZ | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | Yes | ✉️ Email not available | North Africa |
| Angola AO | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | No | ✉️ Email not available | Southern Africa |
| Benin BJ | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | Yes | ✉️ Email not available | West Africa |
| Botswana BW | Botswana Medicines Regulatory Authority (BoMRA) | Not assessed | No | 🌐 https://www.bomra.co.bw/ ✉️ info@bomra.co.bw 📞 +267 363 9200 📍 Gaborone, Botswana | Southern Africa |
| Burkina Faso BF | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | Yes | ✉️ Email not available | West Africa |
| Burundi BI | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | Yes | ✉️ Email not available | East Africa |
| Cameroon CM | Agence Nationale de Réglementation Pharmaceutique (ANRP) | Not assessed | Yes | 🌐 https://www.anrp-cm.org/ ✉️ info@anrp-cm.org 📞 +237 222 23 45 67 📍 Yaoundé, Cameroon | Central Africa |
| Cape Verde CV | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | Yes | ✉️ Email not available | West Africa |
| Central African Republic CF | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | No | ✉️ Email not available | Central Africa |
| Chad TD | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | Yes | ✉️ Email not available | Central Africa |
| Comoros KM | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | Yes | ✉️ Email not available | Southern Africa |
| Congo CG | Direction de la Pharmacie et du Médicament (DPM) | Not assessed | Yes | 🌐 https://www.sante.gouv.cd/ ✉️ contact@sante.gouv.cd 📞 +243 81 234 5678 📍 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo | Central Africa |
| Djibouti DJ | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | No | ✉️ Email not available | East Africa |
| Egypt EG | Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA) | ML3 | Yes | 🌐 https://www.eda.mohp.gov.eg/ ✉️ info@eda.gov.eg 📞 +202 2684 9701 📍 Cairo, Egypt | North Africa |
| Equatorial Guinea GQ | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | Yes | ✉️ Email not available | Central Africa |
| Eritrea ER | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | No | ✉️ Email not available | East Africa |
| Eswatini SZ | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | No | ✉️ Email not available | Southern Africa |
| Ethiopia ET | Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority (EFDA) | ML3 | Yes | 🌐 https://www.fmhaca.gov.et/ ✉️ info@fmhaca.gov.et 📞 +251 11 552 5133 📍 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | East Africa |
| Gabon GA | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | Yes | ✉️ Email not available | Central Africa |
| Gambia GM | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | No | ✉️ Email not available | West Africa |
| Ghana GH | Ghana Food and Drugs Authority (Ghana FDA) | ML3 | Yes | 🌐 https://www.fdaghana.gov.gh/ ✉️ info@fdaghana.gov.gh 📞 +233 302 233 193 📍 Cantonments, Accra, Ghana | West Africa |
| Guinea GN | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | Yes | ✉️ Email not available | West Africa |
| Guinea-Bissau GW | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | No | ✉️ Email not available | West Africa |
| Ivory Coast CI | Autorité de Régulation Pharmaceutique (ARP) | Not assessed | Yes | 🌐 https://www.arpcotedivoire.ci/ ✉️ info@arpcotedivoire.ci 📞 +225 27 20 21 58 00 📍 Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire | West Africa |
| Kenya KE | Kenya Pharmacy and Poisons Board | Not assessed | Yes | 🌐 https://pharmacyboardkenya.org/ ✉️ info@pharmacyboardkenya.org 📞 +254 20 2724607 📍 Lenana Road, Nairobi, Kenya | East Africa |
| Lesotho LS | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | Yes | ✉️ Email not available | Southern Africa |
| Liberia LR | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | No | ✉️ Email not available | West Africa |
| Libya LY | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | No | ✉️ Email not available | North Africa |
| Madagascar MG | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | Yes | ✉️ Email not available | Southern Africa |
| Malawi MW | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | No | ✉️ Email not available | Southern Africa |
| Mali ML | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | Yes | ✉️ Email not available | West Africa |
| Mauritania MR | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | No | ✉️ Email not available | West Africa |
| Mauritius MU | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | Yes | ✉️ Email not available | Southern Africa |
| Morocco MA | Moroccan Directorate of Medicines and Pharmacy | Not assessed | Yes | 🌐 https://www.sante.gov.ma/ ✉️ contact@sante.gov.ma 📞 +212 537 68 32 62 📍 Rabat, Morocco | North Africa |
| Mozambique MZ | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | Yes | ✉️ Email not available | Southern Africa |
| Namibia NA | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | Yes | ✉️ Email not available | Southern Africa |
| Niger NE | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | Yes | ✉️ Email not available | West Africa |
| Nigeria NG | National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) | ML3 | No | 🌐 https://www.nafdac.gov.ng/ ✉️ info@nafdac.gov.ng 📞 +234 1 448 0478 📍 Plot 2032 Olusegun Obasanjo Way, Wuse Zone 7, Abuja, Nigeria | West Africa |
| Rwanda RW | Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (Rwanda FDA) | ML3 | Yes | 🌐 https://www.fda.gov.rw/ ✉️ info@fda.gov.rw 📞 +250 788 304 753 📍 KG 9 Avenue, Kigali, Rwanda | East Africa |
| Sao Tome and Principe ST | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | Yes | ✉️ Email not available | Central Africa |
| Senegal SN | Directorate of Pharmacy and Medicines (DPM) | ML3 | Yes | 🌐 https://www.dpm.gouv.sn/ ✉️ contact@dpm.gouv.sn 📞 +221 33 889 34 00 📍 Dakar, Senegal | West Africa |
| Seychelles SC | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | Yes | ✉️ Email not available | Southern Africa |
| Sierra Leone SL | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | Yes | ✉️ Email not available | West Africa |
| Somalia SO | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | No | ✉️ Email not available | East Africa |
| South Africa ZA | South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) | ML3 | Yes | 🌐 https://www.sahpra.org.za/ ✉️ registrations@sahpra.org.za 📞 +27 12 742 3000 📍 1 Eskom Boulevard, Sunninghill, Johannesburg, South Africa | Southern Africa |
| South Sudan SS | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | No | ✉️ Email not available | East Africa |
| Sudan SD | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | No | ✉️ Email not available | North Africa |
| Tanzania TZ | Tanzania Medicines and Medical Devices Authority (TMDA) | ML3 | Yes | 🌐 https://www.tmda.go.tz/ ✉️ info@tmda.go.tz 📞 +255 22 2450512 📍 Plot 1162, Mwai Kibaki Road, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | East Africa |
| Togo TG | Ministry of Health – Medicines/Pharmaceutical Regulatory Unit | Not assessed | Yes | ✉️ Email not available | West Africa |
| Tunisia TN | Tunisian National Agency for Medicines and Health Products | Not assessed | Yes | 🌐 https://www.anm.tn/ ✉️ contact@anm.tn 📞 +216 71 891 400 📍 Tunis, Tunisia | North Africa |
| Uganda UG | National Drug Authority (NDA) | Not assessed | Yes | 🌐 https://www.nda.or.ug/ ✉️ nda@nda.or.ug 📞 +256 414 250582 📍 Plot 46-48 Lumumba Avenue, Kampala, Uganda | East Africa |
| Zambia ZM | Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) | Not assessed | No | 🌐 https://www.zamra.co.zm/ ✉️ info@zamra.co.zm 📞 +260 211 256 487 📍 Lusaka, Zambia | Southern Africa |
| Zimbabwe ZW | Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) | ML3 | Yes | 🌐 https://www.mcaz.co.zw/ ✉️ mcaz@mcaz.co.zw 📞 +263 242 573 573 📍 Harare, Zimbabwe | Southern Africa |