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
Kenya
Kenyan shilling
Lesotho
Loti
Liberia
Liberian dollar
Libya
Libyan dinar
Madagascar
Malagasy ariary
Malawi
Malawian kwacha
Mali
(West African) CFA franc
Mauritania
Ouguiya
Mauritius
Mauritian rupee
Morocco
Moroccan dirham
Mozambique
Mozambican metical
Namibia
Namibian dollar
Niger
(West African) CFA franc
Nigeria
Nigerian naira
Rwanda
Rwandan franc
Sao Tome and Principe
Dobra
Senegal
(West African) CFA franc
Seychelles
Seychellois rupee
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leonean leone
Somalia
Somali shilling
South Africa
South African rand (fractional unit: cent)
South Sudan
South Sudanese pound
Sudan
Sudanese pound
Eswatini
Lilangeni
Tanzania
Tanzanian shilling
Togo
(West African) CFA franc
Tunisia
Tunisian dinar
Uganda
Ugandan shilling
Zambia
Zambian kwacha
Zimbabwe
No official currency: currencies traded include the U.S. dollar and the South African rand