List of African Countries and their Currencies
Currency is the medium of exchange which is derived from the Latin word currens, -entis that functions as legal tender. It is accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts in a particular country or socio-economic context which is circulated as banknote and coins.
| Country |
Capital City |
Name of Currency |
| Algeria |
Algiers |
Algerian Dinar |
| Angola |
Luanda |
Angolan Kwanza |
| Benin |
Porto-Novo |
West African CFA franc |
| Botswana |
Gaborone |
Pula (BWP) |
| Burkina Faso |
Ouagadougou |
West African CFA franc |
| Burundi |
Bujumbura |
Burundi Franc |
| Cameroon |
Yaounde |
West African CFA francs |
| Cape Verde |
Praia |
Cape Verdean Escudo |
| Central African Rep. |
Bangui |
Central African CFA franc |
| Chad |
N'Djamena |
Central African CFA franc |
| Comoros |
Moroni |
Comorian franc (KMF) |
| Congo (DRC) |
Kinshasa |
Congolese Franc (CDF) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
Yamoussoukro |
West African CFA franc |
| Djibouti |
Djibouti |
Franc (DJF) |
| Egypt |
Cairo |
Egyptian pound (EGP) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
Malabo |
Central African CFA franc |
| Eritrea |
Asmara |
Nakfa (ERN) |
| Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa |
Birr (ETB) |
| Gabon |
Libreville |
Central African CFA franc |
| Gambia |
Banjul |
Dalasi (GMD) |
| Ghana |
Accra |
Ghana cedi |
| Guinea |
Conakry |
Guinea Franc |
| Guinea-Bissau |
Bissau |
West African CFA franc |
| Kenya |
Nairobi |
Kenyan shilling |
| Lesotho |
Maseru |
Lesotho loti |
| Liberia |
Monrovia |
Liberian Dollar |
| Libya |
Tripoli |
Libyan Dinar |
| Madagascar |
Antananarivo |
Malagasy ariary |
| Malawi |
Lilongwe |
Kwacha |
| Mali |
Bamako |
West African CFA franc |
| Mauritania |
Nouakchott |
Ouguiya |
| Mauritius |
Mauritius |
Mauritian rupee |
| Morocco |
Rabat |
Moroccan Dirham |
| Mozambique |
Maputo |
Mozambican metical |
| Namibia |
Windhoek |
Namibian dollar |
| Niger |
Niamey |
West African CFA franc |
| Nigeria |
Abuja |
Naira |
| Rwanda |
Kigali |
Rwanda Franc |
| Sao Tome & Principe |
Sao Tome |
Dobra |
| Senegal |
Dakar |
CFA franc |
| Seychelles |
Victoria |
Seychellois rupee (SCR) |
| Sierra Leone |
Freetown |
Sierra Leonean leone (SLL) |
| Somalia |
Mogadishu |
Somali Shilling |
| South Africa |
Pretoria |
South African Rand (ZAR) |
| South Sudan |
Juba |
South Sudanese pound (SSP) |
| Sudan |
Khartoum |
Sudanese pound (SDG) |
| Swaziland |
Mbabane |
Lilangeni |
| Tanzania |
Dodoma |
Tanzanian Schilling |
| Togo |
Lomé |
Central African CFA franc |
| Tunisia |
Tunis |
Tunisian Dinar |
| Uganda |
Kampala |
Uganda Shilling |
| Western Sahara |
Laayoune |
Moroccan Dirham (The majority of the territory of Western Sahara is currently administered by the Kingdom of Morocco.) |
| Zambia |
Lusaka |
Zambian Kwacha (ZMK) |
| Zimbabwe |
Harare |
Zimbabwean Dollar (ZWD) |