How to Say "Thank you" in Africa

Below are several ways to say "thank you" in Africa. African societies are generally very polite and a "thank you" in a local language will really help you establish a friendly rapport with people while you're traveling. Since there are thousands of languages spoken in Africa, I've had to narrow down the choices quite a bit. I've also tried to use an example of "thanks" in the language most widely understood throughout a specific country.

E-mail me if you know of more and I'll be happy to include them!

How to say "thank you" in:

Angola
Portuguese: Obrigado/a (male/female)

Botswana
Setswana: Kea leboga
English: Thank you

Burkina Faso
French: Merci
Dioula: i-ni-che/bah-si-tay (no problem)

Cameroon
French: Merci
English: Thank you (in the west of Cameroon)

Cape Verde
Crioulo: ob-ree-gah-doh
Portuguese: Obrigado/a (male/female)

Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
French: Merci
Dioula: i-ni-che/bah-si-tay (no problem)

Egypt
Arabic: shukran (ga-zee-lan) (very much)
English: Thank you

Ethiopia
Amharic: (betam) amesege'nallo' (very much)
English: Thank you

Gabon
French: Merci

Ghana
Twi: may-dah-say
Ga: oh-yeh-rah-don (spoken in the capital Accra)
Hausa: naa goodee (spoken in northern Ghana)
English: Thank you

Kenya
Swahili: Asante, Asante sana (thank you very much)
English: Thank you

Lesotho
South Sotho: kea leboha
English: Thank you

Libya
Arabic: shukran

Madagascar
Malagasy: Misaotra
French: Thank you

Malawi
Chichewa: Zikomo, Zikomo Kwambiri (thank you very much)
English: Thank you

Mali
French: Merci
Bambara: i-ni-cheh/bah-si-tay (no problem)
Tamashek: tan-oo-mert (Tuareg language)

Mauritania
Arabic: shukran
Hassaniya: shu-krahn

Morocco
Arabic: shukran (bezzef) (very much)
French: Merci

Mozambique
Portuguese: Obrigado/a (male/female)

Namibia
Afrikaans: Dankie, Goed Dankie (well, thank you)
Owambo: Tangi (widely spoken as a second language)
Damara/Nama: eio (spoken in the south and southeast)
Herero/Himba: Okuhepa (spoken in the north central and northwest)
English: Thank you

Nigeria
Hausa: naa goodee
Igbo: ee-may-nah (southeastern Nigeria)
Yoruba: eh-sheh-wuh
English: Thank you
French: Merci

Rwanda
Kinyarwanda: Murakoze
French: Merci

Senegal
French: Merci
Fulfulde: a jaaraama (singular), on jaaraama (pl)
Wolof: jerejef

Sierra Leone
Krio: tenk-kee

South Africa
Zulu: Ngiyabonga
Xhosa: Enkosi
Afrikaans: Dankie, Goed Dankie (well, thank you)
English: Thank you

Sudan
Arabic: shukran

Swaziland
Swati: Ngiyabonga (I thank you), Siyabonga (we thank you)
English: Thank you

Tanzania
Swahili: Asante, Asante sana (thank you very much)
English: Thank you

Togo
French: Merci

Tunisia
French: Merci
Arabic: barkallaoo feek

Uganda
Swahili: Asante, Asante sana (thank you very much)
English: Thank you

Zambia
English: Thank you
Nyanja: Zikomo, Zikomo Kwambiri (thank you very much)
Lozi: N'itumezi (spoken in Western Zambia)
Bemba: Zikomo

Zimbabwe
English: Thank you
Shona: Ndatenda/Masvita
Ndebele: Siyabonga kakulu

Sources: Lonely Planet Guide Books and Jennifer's Language Page