| Abbreviation | Definition |
|---|---|
| DEFA | Direção de Emigração e Fronteras de Angola |
| DEIC | Dutch East India Company |
| DELK | Deutsche Evangelisch-Lutheranische Kirche |
| DFA | Dark Fibre Africa |
| DFAD | Diaspora for African Development |
| DGA | Dope Gang Africa |
| DGEA | Dairy Genetics East Africa |
| DGPC | Direction Générale de la Protection Civile (French; General Directorate of Civil Protection; Algieria) |
| DGRST | Direction Générale de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique |
| DISA | Defence Institute of South Africa |
| DISA | Digital Imaging South Africa |
| DIVA | Determined Intelligent Valued African |
| DMISA | Disaster Management Institute of Southern Africa |
| DMSSA | Disease and Mortality in Sub Saharan Africa |
| DNAD | Distinct New Africa Designs |
| DNAFLA | Direction Nationale de l'Alphabétisation Fonctionelle et de la Linguistique Appliquée |
| DP | Democratic Party |
| DPME | Department of Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation |
| DPP | Democratic Progressive Party |
| DPSA | Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa |