Google Street View in Africa

Presently, in Africa, Google Street View can be seen in parts of Botswana,[1] Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, eswatini, Lesotho, Senegal, Ghana, Tunisia, Nigeria, the Canary Islands of Spain, and Egypt's landmarks.[2]

Background

On September 1, 2009, Google announced that it started collecting images in South Africa for Google Maps Street View.[3] Google is currently driving around South Africa in Toyota Priuses, taking photographs of locations in the cities of Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban and East London. Google Trikes are also being used for the first time to map popular tourist destinations, such as the scenic Chapman's Peak Drive and Table Mountain in Cape Town, Soccer City in Johannesburg, and the new Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. Images of South Africa were made available on Google Street View on June 8, 2010.

On December 8, 2010, more locations in South Africa were added. These were mostly rural and main roads, as well as a much larger coverage of the Limpopo province. After the update, the borders of South Africa's neighboring countries could be reached.

On November 27, 2012, Botswana was added.

On March 18, 2013, Tanzania was added.

On April 23, 2013, Lesotho was added.

On September 20, 2013, eSwatini was added.

On April 21, 2014, more locations in Lesotho and Botswana were added.

On September 9, 2014, landmarks in Egypt were added.

On February 18, 2014, more locations in South Africa were added.

On May 6, 2015, Madagascar was added.

On September 15, 2015, landmarks in Kenya were added.

On October 8, 2015, Uganda was added.

On February 8, 2017, Ghana, Senegal and landmarks in Uganda were added.

On March 18, 2017, Tunisia was added.

On July 27, 2017, Nigeria was added.

On July 25, 2018, landmarks in Nigeria were added.

On October 4, 2018, Kenya was added.

On July 24, 2019, more locations in Nigeria were added.

Introductions by date

Monday, November 9, 2009	Islands of Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife in Spain
Tuesday, June 8, 2010	South Africa: Johannesburg, Soweto, Roodepoort, Krugersdorp, Randfontein, Kempton Park, Benoni, Vosloorus, Katlehong, Centurion, Pretoria, Bronkhorstspruit, Midrand, Middelburg, Vanderbijlpark, Sasolburg, Heidelberg, Kroonstad, Welkom, Kimberley, Pietermaritzburg, Mbombela, Ermelo, Pinetown, Kingsburgh, Mdantsane, King William's Town, Port Alfred, Grahamstown, Cape Town, Kuils River, Mitchells Plain, Fish Hoek, Somerset West, Durbanville, Kraaifontein, Stellenbosch, Melkbosstrand, Kleinmond, Durban, Port Elizabeth, East London, Bloemfontein, Polokwane, Nelspruit, Rustenburg, Johannesburg Zoo, Apartheid Museum, Boulders Beach, Company's Gardens, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, World Cup 2010 Venues
Wednesday, December 8, 2010	More locations in South Africa
Wednesday, June 29, 2011	More locations in South Africa Lanzarote, Fuerteventura in Spain
Tuesday, December 13, 2011	La Gomera, El Hierro islands in Spain
Tuesday, November 27, 2012	Botswana: Gaborone, Francistown, Maun, Molepolole, Kasane, Serowe, Lobatse, Tlokweng, Ramotswa, Kanye, Selebi-Phikwe, Mahalapye, Bobonong, Thamaga, Letlhakane, Palapye
Tuesday, March 18, 2013	Tanzania:Uhuru Peak, Lava Tower, Moir hut, Arrow Glacier camp, Lemosho-clearings, Shira Camp, Gombe National Park
Tuesday, April 23, 2013	Lesotho: Maseru, Roma, Mafeteng, Mohale's Hoek and other locations in Lesotho.
Friday, September 20, 2013	eSwatini: Mbabane, Manzini, Mhlume, Big Bend and other locations in eSwatini
Monday, April 21, 2014	Teyateyaneng, Butha-Buthe, Hlotse, Mokhotlong, Qacha's Nek and more locations in Lesotho. More locations in: Botswana
Tuesday, September 9, 2014	Egypt: Landmarks including Pyramids of Giza, Cairo Citadel, Saqqara, Monastery of Saint Mina, Citadel of Qaitbay and more
Tuesday, October 21, 2014	Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania
Wednesday, February 18, 2015	Update and more locations in South Africa
Monday, April 20, 2015	Robben Island Museum, in South Africa[4]
Wednesday, May 6, 2015	Locations in Madagascar including some streets of Antananarivo, Morondava, Ambanja, Tulear, Belo sur Mer more other landmarks and water views of Barren Isles, Nosy Komba, Sambirano River, Ambalahonko, Velondriake[5]
Tuesday, September 15, 2015	Samburu National Reserve, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Marania Farm and Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage in Kenya
Thursday, October 8, 2015	Kampala, Entebbe and more locations in Uganda.
Friday, November 27, 2015	Parc Lalla Hasna in Marrakech, in Morocco
Thursday, December 17, 2015	Interior views of some aircraft in Air Namibia's fleet and apron views of Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport, in Namibia,[6] Catamaran Charters Check-in Point in Walvis Bay, Namibia[7] Parc Issil, in Morocco Mystique Events, in Zimbabwe[8]
Thursday, February 25, 2016	Saint-Denis and more locations in Réunion[9]
Tuesday, March 8, 2016	Kruger National Park in South Africa[10][11]
Wednesday, February 8, 2017	Accra, Kumasi, Cape Coast, Takoradi, Obuasi, Tamale, Wa in Ghana Dakar, Thies, Saint-Louis, Touba, Diourbel in Senegal Queen Elizabeth National Park, Lake Mburo National Park, Kibale Forest National Park, Semuliki National Park, Murchison Falls National Park, Mount Elgon National Park and Kidepo Valley National Park, in Uganda
Saturday, March 18, 2017	Tunis, Bizerte, Nabeul, Hammamet, Sousse, Monastir, Al-Qayrawan* El Jem, Sfax, Gabes* Djerba* and more locations in Tunisia
Thursday, July 27, 2017	Lagos, Ikeja, Ojo, Lekki, Ikorodu*, Epe, Badagry and more locations in Lagos State, Nigeria[12][13]
Wednesday, July 25, 2018	Lekki Conservation Centre, Abuja Millennium Park, Freedom Park, Royal Niger Company Flag, National Museum of Lagos, Olumo Rock, National Children's Park and Zoo, Tinubu Square, Mount Patti and Abuja Panoramic View, in Nigeria
Friday, October 4, 2018	Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Naivasha, Nakuru, Eldoret, Ruiru Malindi, Mariakani, kisii and more locations in Kenya
Wednesday, July 24, 2019	, Abuja, Ibadan, Enugu,and Benin city were extensively covered in Nigeria

Areas included

Reference:[14]

Botswana

District	Most coverage[15]	Very limited coverage[17]
Central	Letlhakane, Palapye	Bobonong, Mahalapye, Selibe Phikwe, Serowe
Kweneng	Gabane	Molepolole, Thamaga
North-East	Francistown
North-West	Maun
Southern		Jwaneng, Kanye
South-East	Gaborone, Ramotswa, Tlokweng	Lobatse

Egypt

Landmarks in Egypt including Pyramids of Giza, Cairo Citadel, Saqqara, Monastery of Saint Mina, Citadel of Qaitbay and more

France

Most roads in Réunion.

Ghana

Main roads and several cities throughout the country

Kenya

District	Most coverage[15]	Very limited coverage[17]
Central	Nairobi, Thika	Machakos, Athi River
Coast	Mombasa	kilifi, Malindi
Rift Valley	Nakuru	Naivasha, Narok
Nyanza	Kisumu

Samburu National Reserve, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, parts of Marania Farm near Mount Kenya

Lesotho

Western half of the country: Maseru and major roads.

Madagascar

Cities: Antananarivo, Morondava, Ambanja, Tulear, Belo sur Mer
Landmarks and water views of Barren Isles, Nosy Komba, Sambirano River, Ambalahonko, Velondriake, Avenue of the Baobabs, and the Sacred Forest

Nigeria

Abuja, Benin City, Enugu, Gwagwalada, Ibadan, Lagos and surroundings and roads between

Portugal

In Madeira (which geographically belongs to Africa according to geographical definitions: closest mainland), most towns, cities, villages, major and rural roads are covered.

In the Azores (which have a location with little more unclear connection to a continent), the islands of São Miguel Island and Terceira Island have good coverage.

South Africa

Province	Most coverage[15]	Some coverage[16]	Very limited coverage[17]
Gauteng	Johannesburg, Dainfern, Pretoria, Benoni, Germiston, Krugersdorp, Kempton Park, Nigel, Springs, Centurion, Bronkhorstspruit, Carletonville, Westonaria, Hillshaven, Lenasia, Heidelberg, Roodepoort, Vereeniging, Vanderbijlpark, Laudium	Chartwell, Soweto, Vosloorus	Drie Ziek, Kagiso, Katlehong, Hammanskraal
Mpumalanga	Witbank, Middelburg, Nelspruit, Ermelo	Embalenhle	Amersfoort, Secunda, Bethal, Badplaas, Balfour, Lydenburg, Malelane, Hectorspruit, Komatipoort, Machadodorp, Waterval-Boven, Hendrina, Barberton, Standerton, Volksrust
Limpopo	Polokwane		Vaalwater, Louis Trichardt, Musina, Thabazimbi, Thoyohandou, Tzaneen, Haenertsburg, Northam, Mookgopong, Modimolle, Bela-Bela, Roedtan, Settlers,
Free State	Bloemfontein, Welkom, Kroonstad, Sasolburg, Clarens, Vaalpark, Riebeekstad	Thabong, Mangaung	Koppies, Viljoenskroon, Bultfontein, Dealesville, Deneysville, Oranjeville, Villiers, Memel, Harrismith, Kestell, Bethlehem, Paul Roux, Senekal, Virginia, Hennenman, Ventersburg, Wesselbron, Odendaalsrus, Smithfield
North-West	Rustenburg, Brits, Mooinooi	Klerksdorp, Orkney, Stilfontein	Potchefstroom, Mafikeng, Bloemhof, Christiana, Stilfontein, Ventersdorp, Derby, Wolmaranstad, Modderspruit, Phokeng, Swartruggens, Zeerust, 'Ottoshoop, Geysdorp, Delareyville, Sannieshof, Coligny
KwaZulu-Natal	Durban, Newcastle, Pietermartizburg, Ladysmith, Vryheid, Chatsworth, Berea, Richard's Bay	Dundee, Paulpietersburg, Mooi River, Mpumalanga	Glencoe, Bergville, Winterton, Estcourt, Umlazi, KwaDukuza, Empangeni, Louwsburg
Western Cape	Cape Town, Mitchells Plain, Blue Downs, Heidelberg, Simon's Town, Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, Strand, Grabouw, Stellenbosch, Nature's Valley, Somerset-West, Worcester	Khayalitsha, Dennekruin, Paarl, Sedgefield,	Laingsburg, Prince Albert Road, Beaufort West, Hermanus, George, Kwanokuthula
Northern Cape	Kimberley		Douglas, Prieska, Strydenburg, Hopetown, Colesberg
Eastern Cape	Port Elizabeth, East London, Grahamstown, Queenstown, Stutterheim, Aliwal North, Mdantsane, King William's Town, Bhisho, Middelburg, Cradock, Adelaide, Fort Beaufort, Alice, Lady Grey, Middeldrift	Elliot, Ugie, KwaNonzame, Midros, Rosmead, Lingelihle, Michausdal, Bedford, Mpolweni	Steynsburg

Senegal

Main roads and several cities throughout the country

Spain

The Canary Islands do geographically belong to Africa according to geographical definitions (closest mainland).

Most towns, cities, villages, major and rural roads in the Canary Islands are covered. Ceuta and Melilla have some coverage.

eSwatini

Most cities and roads.

Tanzania

Uhuru Peak and some nearby spots and Gombe national park

Tunisia

The coastal main road and selected streets in cities along it, including Tunis and Sfax

Uganda

Uganda got views of most roads inside and around Entebbe and Kampala.

Saint Helena

Some walk paths around Sandy Bay are covered by Street View.

There are dense sequences of photo spheres along main roads, similar to full Street View coverage

Namibia

Namibia views of some highways and the central business district in Windhoek and Swakopmund.

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe. Views of some highways and the central business districts of Harare, Chegutu, Rusape, Masvingo and two United Nations World Heritage Sites: Great Zimbabwe National Monument and Victoria Falls. The first instances of Google Street View in Zimbabwe were contributed by photographer Tawanda Kanhema.

Future Coverage

Official announcement	Unofficial announcement
Kenya	Morocco

Notes

"Street View comes to beautiful Botswana". google-africa.blogspot.com. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
"Egypt Highlights". google.com. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
"Google to begin collecting images in South Africa for Google Maps Street View". TheMarketingSite.com. September 1, 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
David Smith. "Google Street View gives virtual tour of Mandela's ex-prison on Robben Island". the Guardian.
"Google Street View goes off-road in Madagascar". Blue Ventures.
"Christmas Gift of Google Street View – Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport". Goo.gl. December 24, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
"Google Maps". Google Maps.
"Google Maps". Google Maps.
"Street View comes to Réunion - Google Earth Blog". February 29, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
the-mzansi-experience-discover-south.html
"Google Street View takes you on a South African safari". Retrieved March 20, 2017.
"Making internet work better everyone Africa".
"Google Street View is available in Nigeria starting with Lagos".
"Google Maps". Retrieved March 20, 2017.
Settlement has most or all roads mapped
Settlement has many roads covered, but some areas still missing
Settlement has only a few roads mapped, for example only the main street

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[1] "Street View comes to beautiful Botswana". google-africa.blogspot.com. Retrieved February 6, 2012.

[2] "Egypt Highlights". google.com. Retrieved December 10, 2014.

[3] "Google to begin collecting images in South Africa for Google Maps Street View". TheMarketingSite.com. September 1, 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2014.

[4] David Smith. "Google Street View gives virtual tour of Mandela's ex-prison on Robben Island". the Guardian.

[5] "Google Street View goes off-road in Madagascar". Blue Ventures.

[6] "Christmas Gift of Google Street View – Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport". Goo.gl. December 24, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2015.

[7] "Google Maps". Google Maps.

[8] "Google Maps". Google Maps.

[9] "Street View comes to Réunion - Google Earth Blog". February 29, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2017.

[10] the-mzansi-experience-discover-south.html

[11] "Google Street View takes you on a South African safari". Retrieved March 20, 2017.

[12] "Making internet work better everyone Africa".

[13] "Google Street View is available in Nigeria starting with Lagos".

[14] "Google Maps". Retrieved March 20, 2017.

[Settlementhas-15] Settlement has most or all roads mapped

[Settlementhas_a-16] Settlement has many roads covered, but some areas still missing

[Settlementhas_b-17] Settlement has only a few roads mapped, for example only the main street