Table 11.

Summary of the legal context of edible insects in Africa.

Country	Native Edible Species	Edible Insects Tolerated	Suitable Foodstuff Definition	Wildlife Management—Private	Wildlife Management—Commercial	General Pest Management	Edible Specified as Pests
Algeria	(−)	+	+	+	+	+	+
Angola	+		+	+	+
Benin	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Botswana	+	+		+	+	+	+
Burkina Faso	+	+	+	−	−	+
Burundi	+	+		+	+	+	+
Cameroon	+	+		+	−	+
Cape Verde	−	(−)	+	−	−	+	+
Central African Republic	+	+	+	+	+	+
Chad	+			+	+	+	+
Comoros	−			+	+	+
Congo, Democratic Republic (Kinshasa)	+	+		+	+	+
Congo, Republic (Brazzaville)	+			+	+	+
Djibouti	−			−	−
Egypt	+		+	+	+	+	+
Equatorial Guinea	+			+	+
Eritrea	−			+	+	+
Eswatini	+		+	+	+	+	+
Ethiopia	+		+	+	+
Gabon	+			+	+
Gambia	+			+	−	+
Ghana	+		+	+		+
Guinea	+	+		+	−	+
Guinea-Bissau	+		+	+	+	+
Ivory Coast	+		+	−	−	+
Kenya	+		+	+	+	+	+
Lesotho	+			+	+		+
Liberia	+		+	+	+	+
Libya	+					+
Madagascar	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Malawi	+		+	+	+	+	+
Mali	+		+	+	+	+
Mauritania	(−)		+	+	+	+	+
Mauritius	+		+	+	+	+
Morocco	+	+	+			+	+
Mozambique	+		+	+	+	+	+
Namibia	+		+	−	−	+	+
Niger	+	+	+	+	+	+
Nigeria	+		+	+	+	+
Rwanda	(−)		+	+	+	+
São Tomé and Príncipe	+					+
Senegal	+		+
Seychelles	−		+	−	−	+	+
Sierra Leone	+		+	+	+
Somalia	(−)		+	−	−
South Africa	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
South Sudan	+			−	−
Sudan	+		+				+
Tanzania	+	+	+	+	+	+
Togo	+	+		+	+	.
Tunisia	(−)	+	+	+	−	+	+
Uganda	+		+	+	+	+
Zambia	+		+	−	−	+	+
Zimbabwe	+		+			+	+