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) |