African Currencies Flashcards
Algeria
Algerian dinar
Angola
Kwanza
Benin
(West African) CFA franc
Botswana
Pula (translates as “rain” because rain is rare and valuable in the Kalahari Desert)
Burkina Faso
(West African) CFA franc
Burundi
Burundi franc
Cameroon
(Central African) CFA franc
Cape Verde
Cape Verdean Escudo
Central African Republic
(Central African) CFA franc
Chad
(Central African) CFA franc
Comoros
Comorian franc
Republic of the Congo
(Central African) CFA franc
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congolese franc
Djibouti
Djiboutian franc
Egypt
Egyptian pound (fractional unit: piastre)
Equatorial Guinea
(Central African) CFA franc
Eritrea
Nakfa
Ethiopia
Ethiopian birr
Gabon
(Central African) CFA franc
Gambia
Dalasi
Ghana
Ghanaian cedi
Guinea
Guinean franc
Guinea-Bissau
(West African) CFA franc
Côte d’Ivoire
(West African) CFA franc