Usage of:
     West African CFA franc
     Central African CFA franc

There are two African currency unions associated with multinational central banks; the West African Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO) and the Central African Banque des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale (BEAC). Members of both currency unions use the CFA Franc as their legal tender.

Below is a list of the central banks and currencies of Africa.

Country	Currency	Central bank
Benin  Burkina Faso  Côte d'Ivoire  Guinea-Bissau  Mali  Niger  Senegal  Togo	West African CFA franc	Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest
Cameroon  Central African Republic  Chad  Republic of the Congo  Equatorial Guinea  Gabon	Central African CFA franc	Banque des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale
Algeria	Algerian dinar	Banque d'Algerie
Angola	Angolan kwanza	Banco Nacional de Angola
Botswana	Botswana pula	Bank of Botswana
Burundi	Burundian franc	Banque de la République du Burundi
Cape Verde	Cape Verdean escudo	Banco de Cabo Verde
Comoros	Comorian franc	Banque Centrale des Comores
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Congolese franc	Banque Centrale du Congo
Djibouti	Djiboutian franc	Banque Centrale de Djibouti
Egypt	Egyptian pound	Central Bank of Egypt
Eritrea	Eritrean nakfa	Bank of Eritrea
Ethiopia	Ethiopian birr	National Bank of Ethiopia
Gambia	Gambian dalasi	Central Bank of The Gambia
Ghana	Ghanaian cedi	Bank of Ghana
Guinea	Guinean franc	Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée
Kenya	Kenyan shilling	Central Bank of Kenya
Lesotho	Lesotho loti	Central Bank of Lesotho
Liberia	Liberian dollar	Central Bank of Liberia
Libya	Libyan dinar	Central Bank of Libya
Madagascar	Malagasy ariary	Banque Centrale de Madagascar
Malawi	Malawian kwacha	Reserve Bank of Malawi
Mauritania	Mauritanian ouguiya	Banque Centrale de Mauritanie
Mauritius	Mauritian rupee	Bank of Mauritius
Morocco  Western Sahara	Moroccan dirham	Bank Al-Maghrib
Mozambique	Mozambican metical	Banco de Moçambique
Namibia	Namibian dollar	Bank of Namibia
Nigeria	Nigerian naira	Central Bank of Nigeria
Rwanda	Rwandan franc	Banque Nationale du Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé and Príncipe dobra	Banco Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe
Seychelles	Seychellois rupee	Central Bank of Seychelles
Sierra Leone	Sierra Leonean leone	Bank of Sierra Leone
Somalia	Somali shilling	Bankiga Dhexe ee Soomaaliya
Somaliland	Somaliland shilling	Bank of Somaliland
South Africa	South African rand	South African Reserve Bank
Sudan	Sudanese pound	Bank of Sudan
Swaziland	Swazi lilangeni	Central Bank of Swaziland
Tanzania	Tanzanian shilling	Bank of Tanzania
Tunisia	Tunisian dinar	Banque Centrale de Tunisie
Uganda	Ugandan shilling	Bank of Uganda
Zambia	Zambian kwacha	Bank of Zambia
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwean dollar	Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe

[edit] See also

Africa portal

• Africa
• Central banks and currencies of the Caribbean
• Central banks and currencies of Central America and South America
• Economy of Africa
• List of African countries by GDP
• List of African stock exchanges

[edit] Links

• VB.com Central Banks - Addresses and Phone numbers of all Central Banks
• Google Map Based Currency Tools with Currency Images