Afrocarpus dawei is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae.

It is native to Africa, where it occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Uganda.

[1] This species is a tree that grows in swampy forest habitat that is flooded in the rainy season.

[1] A. dawei is found in the Minziro Forest of Tanzania and the adjacent Sango Bay forests of Uganda, located west of Lake Victoria.

[3] This tree is valuable as timber because it grows a long trunk without many branches.