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Usage of: West African CFA franc (XOF) Central African CFA franc (XAF) The CFA franc (French: franc CFA, [fʁɑ̃ seɛfɑ]) is the name of two currencies used by 210 million people (as of 2023) in fourteen African countries: the West African CFA franc (where "CFA" stands for Communauté Financière Africaine, i.e. "African Financial Community" in English), used in eight West African countries ...
Usage of: West African CFA franc Central African CFA franc 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.
Central African CFA franc The Central African CFA franc ( French : franc CFA or simply franc ; ISO code : XAF ; abbreviation: F.CFA ) is the currency of six independent states in Central Africa : Cameroon , Central African Republic , Chad , Republic of the Congo , Equatorial Guinea and Gabon .
When French President Emmanuel Macron holds talks with his Ivory Coast counterpart on Saturday (December 22), the future of the French-backed CFA franc currency will be under scrutiny. It's a ...
The West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) has proposed to create a common currency for all West Africa states, the Eco. In May 2020, an agreement between the French government and 8 West African countries was reached, meaning to change the CFA franc to the Eco; though no plan had been established as of January 2021. [4]
The eco is the name for the proposed common currency of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Plans originally called for the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) states to introduce the currency first, which would eventually be merged with the Euro-pegged CFA franc which is used by the French-speaking West African region within the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA).
West African CFA franc: Central Bank of West African States: 1 EUR = CFA 655.957 Burkina Faso Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Mali Niger Senegal Togo Cameroon: Central African CFA franc: Bank of Central African States: 1 EUR= CFA 655.957 Central African Republic Chad Equatorial Guinea Gabon Republic of the Congo Algeria: Algerian dinar: Bank of Algeria
The CFA franc was pegged to the French franc, and now the euro, and its convertibility is guaranteed by the French Treasury. [52] [53] Despite sharing the same exchange rate, the CFA franc is actually two currencies, the Central African CFA franc and the West African CFA franc, which are run by their respective central banks in Central and West ...