<page_title> List of the oldest mosques </page_title> <section_title> Africa </section_title> <table> <cell> Mosque of the Companions, Massawa <col_header> Building </col_header> </cell> <cell> Eritrea <col_header> Country </col_header> </cell> <cell> Believed to be the first mosque on the African continent and the first mosque in the world built by Muhammad and his companions in the 7th century. <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> </table>
Eritrea built the first African mosque, that is the Mosque of the Companions, Massawa.