Search for Africa's best nightclub

Africa is the most vibrant, rhythmic, demographically young continent in the world and in some of its biggest cities, people go clubbing from Monday to Sunday.

Some clubbers say that they do it primarily for the music, others for the ambience, to have a good time with their friends and peers, and dance the night away.

DJ Edu from the BBC's urban music station 1Xtra is on a journey to find the best nightclub in Africa. He has been speaking to some of the continent's top DJs and asked them for their favourite tracks.

In his native Kenya, he also met the biggest band at the moment, Sauti Sol, who told him about their hottest hit in the country's clubs.

Angola: Djeff Afrozila Top track: Undi Da Ki Panha by TL Dreamz, featuring Djeff Afrozila

Right now Luanda is the second most expensive city in the world but this does not affect the nightlife. We have nights for everyone. So it depends wherever you want to go to listen to different styles of music.

I think the best parties are during the afternoon, the sunset parties. It's cool, it's different because the party starts during the day and it finishes at night. Sometimes we even go till the other day in the morning.

Botswana: DJ T Man Top track: Ambuye by DJ Gouveia

Best Nightclub in Africa - DJ T Man, Botswana I picked this track because it was the most played in Botswana in 2014.

We can relate to house music. There have been a lot of Zulu songs that have come from South Africa where they end up becoming Number 1. For neighbouring countries, it's easy for us to connect with the rhythms.

Here the authorities have introduced an alcohol levy. A lot of people can no longer afford to buy normal drinks in clubs because now they are expensive.

The only way we, as artists, can survive through this is now to join power with the government and show them what entertainment can do for the country, in terms of boosting the economy.

Egypt: Aly & Fila Top track: Altitude Compensation by Aly & Fila, Armada Music

The clubbing scene is really growing at the moment in the whole of Egypt.

You have places like Sharm El-Sheikh, Hurghada, Cairo, Alexandria, and more places where you have parties and clubbing.

The biggest music sound in Egypt is mostly the Oriental sound but right now I see a lot of local acts that are involving the electronic dance music in their sound.

Ethiopia: DJ Yemi Top track: 70 Derega by Teddy Afro

Best Nightclub in Africa - DJ Yemi, Ethiopia I am the first female DJ in Ethiopia. People look at me and they get surprised that there's a female DJ-ing. I still get that to this day.

Some of them look like they're having a minor heart attack by looking at me! How it happened was I got on the radio and introduced myself as DJ Yemi and everyone was shocked.

Now there are a lot of female radio DJs out there, but in terms of in clubs I am the only one, I believe.

The music here used to be very old school - old school dance hall, old school reggae and hip hop… new music was totally unwelcome and very traditional music was being played. But now it has changed.

The other difference I have seen is the way people dress. Back in the day, people dressed freely. They didn't look like they were going out to the club. But now a lot of people are getting ready, dressing really fancy, both the guys and the girls.

Kenya: Sauti Sol Top track: Sura Yako by Sauti Sol

Best Nightclub in Africa - Sauti Sol, Kenya People say, oh, Kenyans don't support their own or they don't like local music… but there hasn't been that song that had a traditional feeling to it.

This one, Sura Yako (Your Face), has the Chakacha or the coastal sound to it and it's how you translate that and modernise it, so someone who is our age group will be able to love it and the older generation will be able to love it as well.

With Nigerians, for example, that's what they have mastered and that's what they are doing so well because they've managed to incorporate their traditional elements. They do it in the studios and they bring it back to 2015.

Morocco: DJ-Van Top track: This is Marrakech by DJ-Van

Best Nightclub in Africa - DJ Van, Morocco Here people go out just for the ambience. Some of them care about the music, some not. They just go out to party and they don't care about the style or who the DJ is.

The idea about this track is just to tell the whole world that in Ibiza they have their own way to party. So the idea is, this is how we party in Marrakech, and we can do it here and create our own music, modern music but with a Moroccan sound.

I want the music scene to grow up. We are in 2015 now, so we have to be more international, to see what's happening outside of Morocco. I'm trying to do the best I can to have that quality but with our sound.

Uganda: DJ Rachael Top track: Wale Wale by Dr Chameleone

Best Nightclub in Africa - DJ Rachael, Uganda Nigerian music has taken over Kampala. The music is very catchy, for one, and it's very danceable.

The musicians here say DJs don't play Ugandan music but maybe sometimes the quality is not that good.

The Nigerian music keeps coming back with different sounds and different tunes and it's always good. You can't last in the club if you're going to do only Ugandan music. People look at you like maybe you're crazy or something.

Wale Wale is a Ugandan vibe. It has that Ugandan vibe to it and I think that's maybe why people have taken to it. You know, likeable and danceable in the clubs.

Zambia: DJ Creejay Top track: Ama-Rulah by Roberto

Best Nightclub in Africa - DJ Creejay, Zambia The DJ-ing industry in Zambia is just developing right now. Maybe in the next two or three years we will be able to compete with other countries in Africa.

It takes a lot for someone to make it in Zambia. It's not easy.

Right now in Zambia people are appreciating Zambian music. Roberto's Ama-Rulah, released in 2014, is the most happening song; everyone is bumping to it. Worldwide it's a hit, it's a huge song.

This series is part of the BBC's A Richer World season which over the next three months will explore equality in global prosperity and wealth. Listen to the launch programme, Global Beats: The Best Nightclub in Africa, on the BBC World Service on 18 January at 20:05 GMT and on 21 January at 09:05 GMT. The team will be visiting countries with huge clubbing scenes, including DR Congo, Nigeria and South Africa.