List of African Countries and their Currencies

List of African Countries and their Currencies with exchange rates with the Naira pair.

Naira is the official currency licensed by the federation and used for trading activities within and across various regions in Nigeria. As cited on Wikipedia below;

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is the sole issuer of legal tender money throughout the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It controls the volume of money supplied in the economy in order to ensure monetary and price stability. The Currency Operations Department of the CBN is in charge of currency management, through the designs, procurement, distribution and supply, processing, reissue and disposal or disintegration of bank notes and coins.

On this page we will be unveiling a complete list of all African Countries and their currency details as placed in the International Forex Market.

All African Countries with their ISO-4217 Codes (Currency Lists)

Country or territory Currency ISO-4217
Algeria Algerian dinar DZD
Angola Angolan kwanza AOA
Ascension Island (UK) Saint Helena pound SHP
Benin West African CFA franc XOF
Botswana Botswana pula BWP
Burkina Faso West African CFA franc XOF
Burundi Burundi franc BIF
Cabo Verde Cabo Verdean escudo CVE
Cameroon Central African CFA franc XAF
Central African Republic Central African CFA franc XAF
Chad Central African CFA franc XAF
Comoros Comorian franc KMF
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congolese franc CDF
Congo, Republic of the Central African CFA franc XAF
Cote d’Ivoire West African CFA franc XOF
Djibouti Djiboutian franc DJF
Egypt Egyptian pound EGP
Equatorial Guinea Central African CFA franc XAF
Eritrea Eritrean nakfa ERN
Eswatini Swazi lilangeni SZL
Ethiopia Ethiopian birr ETB
Gabon Central African CFA franc XAF
Gambia Gambian dalasi GMD
Ghana Ghanaian cedi GHS
Guinea Guinean franc GNF
Guinea-Bissau West African CFA franc XOF
Kenya Kenyan shilling KES
Lesotho Lesotho loti LSL
Liberia Liberian dollar LRD
Libya Libyan dinar LYD
Madagascar Malagasy ariary MGA
Malawi Malawian kwacha MWK
Mali West African CFA franc XOF
Mauritania Mauritanian ouguiya MRU
Mauritius Mauritian rupee MUR
Mayotte (France) European euro EUR
Morocco Moroccan dirham MAD
Mozambique Mozambican metical MZN
Namibia Namibian dollar NAD
Niger West African CFA franc XOF
Nigeria Nigerian naira NGN
Reunion (France) European euro EUR
Rwanda Rwandan franc RWF
Saint Helena (UK) Saint Helena pound SHP
Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe dobra STN
Senegal West African CFA franc XOF
Seychelles Seychellois rupee SCR
Sierra Leone Sierra Leonean leone SLL
Somalia Somali shilling SOS
South Africa South African rand ZAR
South Sudan South Sudanese pound SSP
Sudan Sudanese pound SDG
Tanzania Tanzanian shilling TZS
Togo West African CFA franc XOF
Tristan da Cunha (UK) Pound sterling GBP
Tunisia Tunisian dinar TND
Uganda Ugandan shilling UGX
Zambia Zambian kwacha ZMW
Zimbabwe United States dollar USD

 

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