List of African currencies Among the different national currencies in circulation in this region the notable are two, the West African CFA franc, used in 8 independent countries, and the Central African CFA franc, used in 6 other nations. Their relative stability is guaranteed by means of the fixed exchange rate, currently both are pegged to the Euro.
Algeria - Algerian dinar
Angola - Angolan kwanza
Ascension Island (UK) - Saint Helena pound
Benin - West African CFA franc
Botswana - Botswana pula
Burkina Faso - West African CFA franc
Burundi - Burundi franc
Cabo Verde - Cape Verdean escudo
Cameroon - Central African CFA franc
Central African Republic - Central African CFA franc
Chad - Central African CFA franc
Comoros - Comorian franc
Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Congolese franc
Congo, Republic of the - Central African CFA franc
Cote d’Ivoire - West African CFA franc Djibouti - Djiboutian franc
Egypt - Egyptian pound
Equatorial Guinea - Central African CFA franc
Eritrea - Eritrean nakfa
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) - Swazi lilangeni
Ethiopia - Ethiopian birr
Gabon - Central African CFA franc
Gambia - Gambian dalasi
Ghana - Ghanaian cedi
Guinea - Guinean franc
Guinea-Bissau - West African CFA franc
Kenya - Kenyan shilling
Lesotho - Lesotho loti
Liberia - Liberian dollar
Libya - Libyan dinar
Madagascar - Malagasy ariary
Malawi - Malawian kwacha
Mali - West African CFA franc
Mauritania - Mauritanian ouguiya
Mauritius - Mauritian rupee
Mayotte (France) - European euro
Morocco - Moroccan dirham
Mozambique - Mozambican metical
Namibia - Namibian dollar
Niger - West African CFA franc
Nigeria - Nigerian naira
Reunion (France) - European euro
Rwanda - Rwandan franc
Saint Helena (UK) - Saint Helena pound
Sao Tome and Principe - 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
South Sudan - South Sudanese pound
Sudan - Sudanese pound
Tanzania - Tanzanian shilling
Togo - West African CFA franc
Tristan da Cunha (UK) - Pound sterling
Tunisia - Tunisian dinar
Uganda - Ugandan shilling
Zambia - Zambian kwacha
Zimbabwe - United States dollar Make and Share Free Checklists checkli.com