The comes Africae was in the Late Roman Empire, the commander of the troops comitatenses and limitanei in the diocese of Africa. His direct superiors were, in times of the Notitia dignitatum, about 400, the magister peditum for the units of infantry and the magister equitum for those of cavalry. He also supervised the performance of the dux limitis Mauretaniae Caesariensis and the dux provinciae Tripolitanae.
He commanded twelve units (or detachments) of infantry and nineteen of cavalry, as indicated by the Notitia dignitatumː
To these units of Comitatenses were added another sixteen of limitaneiː