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  2. List of currencies in Africa - Wikipedia

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    The exchange rate is grossly more favourable to the seller of the foreign currency than is the official bank rate, but such trading is usually illegal. [ citation needed ] In many rural areas there is still a strong bartering culture, the exchanged items being of more immediate value than official currency (following the principle that one can ...

  3. Economy of Kenya - Wikipedia

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    The exchange rate of the Kenyan Shilling between 2003 and 2010 averaged about KSh74-78 per US Dollar. [67] The average inflation between 2005 and July 2015 was 8.5%. [68] In July 2015 Kenya's inflation rate was estimated to be 6.62%. [69]

  4. West African CFA franc - Wikipedia

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    The West African CFA franc (French: franc CFA or simply franc, ISO 4217 code: XOF; abbreviation: F.CFA) is the currency used by eight independent states in West Africa which make up the West African Economic and Monetary Union: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo. These eight countries had a ...

  5. Foreign exchange market - Wikipedia

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    The foreign exchange market (forex, FX (pronounced "fix"), or currency market) is a global decentralized or over-the-counter (OTC) market for the trading of currencies. This market determines foreign exchange rates for every currency. It includes all aspects of buying, selling and exchanging currencies at current or determined prices.

  6. ECOWAS - Wikipedia

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    Website www.ecowas.int. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS; also known as CEDEAO in French and Portuguese) is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries of West Africa. Collectively, the countries comprise an area of 5,114,162 km 2 (1,974,589 sq mi) and have an estimated population of over 424.34 million.

  7. Western Union - Wikipedia

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    The New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company was founded in Rochester, New York by Samuel L. Selden, Hiram Sibley, and others in 1851. [10] In 1856 the company merged with its competitor the Erie and Michigan Telegraph Company, controlled by John James Speed, Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith and Ezra Cornell [11] and, at Cornell's insistence, changed its name to Western Union ...

  8. Outline of Kenya - Wikipedia

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    An enlargeable relief map of Kenya. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Kenya: Kenya is a country in East Africa. The capital city is Nairobi, 2nd largest in Africa (after Cairo). Kenya spans an area about 85% the size of France or Texas. The population has grown rapidly in recent decades to roughly 38 million.

  9. Foreign relations of Kenya - Wikipedia

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    e. Kenya maintains relations with various countries around the world. Its closest ties are with its fellow Swahili -speaking neighbors in the African Great Lakes region. Swahili speaking neighbours mainly include countries in the East African Community such as Burundi, the DRC, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.