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 |