Best African comedy series
Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch comedy shows from Africa, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
Finding Ola 2022
After a life-altering event, Ola embarks on a journey of self-discovery while dealing with the challenges of raising two children and making ends meet.
73Family Matter 2021
Ibrahim reluctantly accepts becoming the legal guardian of his estranged daughter for six months, setting himself up for hilarious and lifechanging experiences.
81Balto 2023
In a comic framework, (Atef), the newly graduated young doctor, is assigned to a health unit in a village, and then he suddenly finds himself becoming the director of the health unit and responsible for everything.
74Al-Kabir Awy 2010
Al Kabeer seeks to find love again after his wife was gone, unaware that what he is looking for is closer than he imagines.
69House Duties 2024
A forensic doctor named Hamdi Abdel Rahim and his wife are expecting twins after a long marriage. They make the difficult decision to hire a home manager to look after the twins, but they struggle a lot to find someone.
68How to Ruin Christmas 2020
Prodigal daughter Tumi tries to make things right after completely ruining what should have been her sister's picture-perfect Christmas wedding.
64El Le'ba 2020
The series revolves around the personality of a hotel manager named "Wassim", during which he is exposed to many comical situations with tourist destinations and others.
75El Soffara 2023
Shafeeq, a tour guide, steals Tutankhamun's time travel whistle. A golden opportunity to get a do-over for his life and achieve his dreams.
70Multifaceted 2020
Sokkar is a professional swindler who gets outdone by Omar, another swindler. As she enters into a series of conflicts to get her money back from him, she eventually decides to unite with him to carry out bigger defrauding operations.
75Home is My Home 2022
In a setting of comedy and horror, Benno is forced to return to Cairo in order to settle his inheritance, but is soon shocked to learn that what he inherits will expose him to terrifying adventures.
70Take Care of Zizi 2021
After lashing out at her husband and causing him a severe injury that amounts to a felony, a nervy young woman embarks on a journey to prove her innocence.
79I Want to Get Married 2010
The story of a pharmacist who wants to settle down and get married before reaching the age of thirty, and her family's insistence that she accepts the first groom who proposes, as well as her hilarious stories and experience with the men who propose to her.
70Yoh! Christmas 2023
Single, 30 and under pressure, Thando lies to her family that she has a boyfriend. Now she has 24 days to bring one home for Christmas. Can she do it?
61Choufli Hal 2005
Sboui lives next to his brother and mother. Many funny adventures ensue in the old building of a fortune teller as he falls in love with her daughter. Sboui works as a secretary at his brother's office, a psychotherapist.
80His Excellency 2014
After his retirement, Bahgat constantly runs into trouble with his family, thanks to his wife’s intense jealousy, his issues with his children and their spouses, and the generational gap between him and his grandchildren.
67Gaafar El Omda 2023
When rich businessman and village elder Gaafar is approached by the young Aida about a loan, he offers to give her the money on one condition: being his wife for 400 days.
72Nelly and Sherihan 2016
Nelly is a wealthy girl, and Sherihan is the opposite. They happen to be cousins, with completely different personalities. When they find out that they will be getting an inheritance from their grandfather, they put their differences aside to solve the 'Mickey Mystery' which should get them to the inheritance.
81Miseducation 2023
After a public humiliation, a wannabe influencer enrolls in a small-town university, where she aspires to regain her social status.
55I Won't Live in My Father's Robes 1996
The events of the series revolve around the story of the rise from the bottom to the top of Abdel Ghafour Al Borai (Noor Al Sharif), starting from the agency of Hajj Ibrahim Sardinah (Abdul Rahman Abu Zahra) until he becomes a private business owner who makes a fortune, during which he has admired Fatima (Abla Kamel), a saleswoman. Al-Kushari, whom he admired, passes the days and marries Fatima and gives birth to his son Abdel-Wahhab (Mohamed Riyad), and four girls (Sunni, Bahira, Nafisa, and Nazira), and despite the availability of the elements of happiness in the life of Abdel Ghafour Al-Borai, he suffered from the separation of his only son. About him, and Abdel Wahab's insistence on building a very special world away from his father and his influence.
72Abla Fahita: Drama Queen 2021
After disappearing from the limelight due to an ethical scandal, Abla Fahita falls victim to the ploy of a nightclub owner who seeks to exploit her, and when he is murdered under mysterious circumstances, Fahita soon becomes the prime suspect in the crime.
70Full Count 2023
When Ahmed, a plastic surgeon, and Laila, the owner of a cosmetics project, meet, they soon fall in love with each other, but their different family circumstances stand in the way of their relationship, but they decide to get married and defy the circumstances.
65Date with Destiny 2022
Galal's life turns upside down as a result of an odd meeting with a random stranger, as he finds everything that will happen to him during the day written on his body, turning his days into a series of funny situations.
76Nesr El Scene 2022
A young, ambitious rapper mayor struggles to establish himself as the "eagle" of the Egyptian rap scene, watching him go on a short bizarre journey with his friends and supporters.
100Sons of the Sun 2025
Wala’a and Miftah grew up together in Dar Al-Shams, bound by a deep friendship. They believe they are protecting the orphans, but when they try to defy Majed, the ruthless director, everything changes. They face a tough test as they fight for survival in a merciless world.
72Omar Affendi 2024
A man in his thirties finds a secret basement that takes him back to the year 1943 and reveals a past he did not know about. Driven by his curiosity, he chooses to live a double life in two different times...
79Toil & Pursuit 2025
Disagreements between Hind and her husband Farouk escalate and he throws her out of the house. She seeks to obtain a divorce and demands her right to toil and pursuit and to obtain half of his property. A long war begins between them over this, and many parties intervene on both sides.
100Catalog 2025
A recently widowed workaholic clumsily navigates life with his kids, guided by his late wife's online tips. Can he ace this crash course in parenthood?
68In The La La Land 2017
A group of people travel to Indonesia, but a failure in the engines of the plane forces the pilot to change its course and land them in one of the islands of Thailand. They try to get out of the island in any way, exposing them to many problems and comedic situations.
68رانيا وسكينة 2022
100My Sisters 2025
Trapped in a toxic marriage, Nagla dreams that her husband died—only to later find his corpse at her doorstep. With the mystery engulfing her, she turns to her three sisters for a way out.
7480 Bako 2025
Struggling hairstylist Boussy needs 80,000 pounds for her dream wedding. When she takes a job as a private stylist for elite clients, she’s thrust into a world she never knew. As her fiancé scrambles to help, Boussy faces surprises that could change her life forever.
82The Hibiscus-Man 2013
This science-fiction show revolves around a mad scientist, known by his friends as the "Al Ragol Al E'naab." The mad scientist concocts an elixir that gives regular human beings supernatural abilities. Though he tries to use his potion to help people, the government hinds him out and goes after him. In the midst of his manhunt, Egypt undergoes a major disaster, prompting the Egyptian government to seek out his help rather than his arrest.
616 Months 2024
Murad and Latifa compete for the same job during a 6-month trial, but their plan to launch a startup may be their biggest challenge yet.
84Khaled Nour and his son Nour Khaled 2024
Years after the death of his parents, a strange phenomenon brings Nour and his father together, and they seek to overcome the shock of the encounter and discover the truth about what is happening...
64Al Daheeh 2017
From little known facts about the Cold War to tips on how to win an argument with your wife (you can't), Ahmed Al-Ghandour draws on his trademark wit and humour as he addresses different topics in this hugely popular series.
74Sakho & Mangane 2019
Two cops with very different methods, solving mysterious murder cases surrounded by black magic.
60Kabour and Lahbib 2016
This comic series tackles the clash between the Bedouin nature of the new residents of the cities and the modern lifestyle in a comic form, as Kabour and Lahbib live a new life in a room on the roof of a building in the city of Casablanca and confront with the modernity of Khadija the landlord and Aziz the concierge.
82Al Waseya 2018
When Ebbo's father dies, he leaves behind a will that compels Ebbo to complete a list of tasks to be able to get his inheritance. Ebbo enlists his friend Semsem's help to complete the tasks.
66Daddy came 2024
Hisham finds himself at a crossroads after being laid off from his job in a hotel, due to Corona, and he must find work and take care of his family under difficult circumstances.
70Masrah Masr 2013
A collection of comedy theater presents a new type of separate plays in titles and events with each episode.
62Farthest Neighbor 2017
A group of middle-class neighbors who live in the same building get exposed to situations regarding their way of living. They each face their own struggles, without the knowledge of their neighbors, even when faced with particularly complex problems.
76Hidden Worlds 2018
When a prominent writer finds confidential documents incriminating government officials, he decided to publish them, risking his own life and his family's.
59Keep Your Wife Happy 2017
A comic TV series in which Sultan is a commercials director who is addicted to multiple secret relationships which seems to always get him in trouble. He is also challenged by his wife, Dalia's short-term memory loss as she forgets who he is every day. Together with his friend, Bahgat, they set daily plans in motion so he could win his wife's heart and face all his other dilemmas.
85Drop Dead Diva 2018
(Dalida) dreams to be a famous model, but fate prevents it. When she has an accident and finds that she can't go to heaven because of being selfish. She returns back to the earth in the body (Alyiaa) where she has to face reality and accept herself.
85Zienhom 2023
78At the Building's Door 2023
Unexpected events force a rich, self-centered, and snobbish man from Upper Egypt to work as a janitor in Cairo, where he begins a journey that would ultimately make him a hero.
78Vetkoekpaleis 1996
Frikkadel Delport starts a take-away business when he is retrenched. In the process of finding his feet in his new venture, he appoints two staff members without really meaning to.
67Naji Attallah's Squad 2012
A retired Egyptian officer working at the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv decides to plot revenge against Israel for freezing his bank accounts when he objected to its monstrous conduct in Palestine. In Egypt, he recruits five of his former students to rob Israel’s largest bank.
58Saleema Arrived 2023
Follows a girl who starts reading an old book and once she reads it, she travels through many different times to face many funny situations.
64El Nos 2025
Everything changes in the life of (Abdulaziz Al-Noss) and he turns from just a notorious pickpocket to a popular hero, after he established a national resistance movement against the English occupation, in which many people from different sectors of society join, and events follow.
60Bimbo 2021
70L'Couple 2013
The diaries of a couple in their sixties in the Moroccan countryside, showing their arguments and their humorous discussions about the situations they encounter.
76Boarding House No. 24 2014
60Click Click Bang 2022
A footballer turns to petty crime when his sporting career stalls. Under the wing of a crooked cop, he soon descends deeper into the criminal underworld.
76Al Habayeb Restaurant 2024
Chef Abu El Magd reopens his family's restaurant with the hesitant help of his daughter, Didi. But a magical book in the pantry soon pulls her into a fierce fight to protect the restaurant from its rivals.
72The Ghosts of Adly Allam 2017
64interview 2024
The events revolve around Nadine, who works as a data analyst. She goes for a job interview, but she did not know that this interview would turn her life upside down, and the events continue.
80Ending with Style 2017
A conflict between men and women becomes a third world war. All humans die except for a number of men and women in Egypt. After the Haj and Hajja appear, a truce is called between the commander of the men's army (Sultan) and the leader of the women army (Karma), but what will happen during this truce?
63Three Stories 2019
A series divided into 3 stories (10 episodes each) with different characters and events in each story.
63Orkney Snork Nie 1989
Orkney Snork Nie, a popular Afrikaans sitcom, originally broadcast by the SABC in South Africa. The name translates directly into Orkney Doesn't Snore, but the message being conveyed in Afrikaans is that the town isn't sleepy, there's always something happening.
63Tita Zuzu 2024
Within a social dramatic framework, the events deal with the story of the widowed grandmother Zuzu, who worked in agriculture and had two sons and two daughters. We follow her relationship with her grandchildren, and her dealings with them and the problems they face.
80Lucky Charm 2016
80LOL: Last One Laughing South Africa 2024
Ten well-known South African comedians and performers compete to discover who can maintain composure while simultaneously trying to make their opponents laugh and lose.
66The Captain 2025
The events of the Captain series revolve around Hossam Waly, a pilot captain who makes an unintended mistake during one of his flights, causing a malfunction that leads to the plane crashing. After he survives as the only one who survived the accident, he is surprised by the appearance of the souls of some passengers who ask him for help in completing some pending tasks that they were unable to accomplish before their death, as their souls become suspended until they are carried out.
62The Thief 2020
After a family unexpectedly returns home, an unprofessional young man who plans to steal the family finds himself in a difficult situation, where he becomes stealthy inside the house without the family noticing that he is on the run, during the curfew due to the Corona virus.
65Lahfa 2015
A comedy about an aspiring actress who enlists the help of her uncle, a casting agent, in order to land her breakthrough role, because the last thing she wants is to end up being an extra like her father.
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