With the 2018 World Cup qualifiers for Africa set to start in October, GHANAsoccernet.com lists the number of appearances for African countries in the history of the global competition.
7 times: Cameroon 5 times: Nigeria 4 times: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia 3 times: Ghana, Ivory Coast, South Africa 2 times: Egypt 1 time: Angola, Senegal, Togo, Zaire (now DR Congo)