African leaders have congratulated US President-elect Donald Trump after a shocking victory against Hillary Clinton.
Trump said after his victory was announced on Wednesday that he will seal the hate between Republicans and Democrats as it is time for them to work together.
Via Twitter, Rwanda's President Paul Kagame said he was looking forward to working with the Republican.
"Congratulations on a well-earned victory. Looking forward to continued good relations with United States and the new administration [sic]," he wrote.
Gabon's president Ali Bongo noted in his message that the United States was an ally.
South Sudan's sacked Vice President Riek Machar said: "Trump winning is demise to dictators in Africa."
The US was a staunch supporter of South Sudan's independence from Islamic-ruled Sudan in 2011.
President Uhuru Kenyatta sent his congratulatory message earlier
saying Americans had made a clear choice.
"The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly. They have chosen Donald Trump as their 45th President," he said in a statement on Wednesday.
Deputy President William Ruto said:
“Congratulations President-elect Trump for overcoming all the negative media profiling to decisively win the US election. The people spoke.”
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Amani leader Musalia Mudavadi said Trump had upheld democracy but praised
Clinton for the fight she put up against him during the campaigns.
"I applaud Clinton for her determined campaign.
She fought hard and gracefully. She may not have broken the glass ceiling for women but it obviously shattered," he said.
"The moral victory belongs to her.
To the disappointed supporters of Hilary in Kenya, I say your favourite may not have won but you should feel emboldened by her tenacity."
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Mudavadi noted in his statement that
Kenya should learn from the Trump victory.
He said the country
should not
borrow the "dirty bad manners" and forget issues such as corruption, a stagnant economy and unsustainable national debt, ethnic exclusion and devolution.
"Upholding the will of the people by giving everybody a chance is the best form of democracy," he said.
"Despite the dirty campaign bordering on character assassination, the candidates addressed issues dear to Americans."
Mudavadi noted that Trump "won from nowhere" despite not being given a chance by "media pundits" across the world.
"(Trump was given) no chance of electability even as he zoomed through the Republican Party primaries without the support of the party," he said.
"Opinion polls equally gave Trump no chance."
The bizarre ending to Clinton’s political career came after Trump confounded pollsters at every turn, capturing one 'swing' state after another in a line of toppled dominoes that stretched across three time zones and now ends at the White House.
Amid cheers from the crowd, Trump gave a speech that left many of his supporters giggling and laughing their hearts out.
"Ours was not a campaign but a movement.
This political stuff is nasty and it's tough!" he said.