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...
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the West African CFA franc (where "CFA" stands for Communauté Financière Africaine, i.e. "African Financial Community" in English), used in eight West African...
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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:...
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February 2012. Fourteen African countries use the franc CFA (in west Africa, Communauté financière africaine; in equatorial Africa, Coopération financière...
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west African countries which share the common West African CFA franc currency and comprise the West African Economic and Monetary Union. The BCEAO is active...
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issued. Until 1962, Mali used the West African CFA franc. The Malian franc was introduced that year at par with the CFA franc, but devalued relative to it...
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Eco (currency) (category Economic Community of West African States)
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)...
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(BCEAO) and the Central African Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale (BEAC). Members of both currency unions use the CFA Franc as their legal tender....
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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...
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cur. West African CFA franc (CFA) Senegal cap. Dakar cur. West African CFA franc (CFA) Togo cap. Lomé cur. West African CFA franc (CFA) Africa portal...
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Euro (category Currencies of Africa)
Benin (West African CFA franc, XOF) Burkina Faso (West African CFA franc) Ivory Coast (West African CFA franc) Guinea-Bissau (West African CFA franc) Mali...
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The franc was the currency of Togo. Between 1924 and 1956, coins specifically for use in Togo were issued. Since 1945, Togo uses the West African CFA franc...
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$ KYD Cent 100 Central African Republic Central African CFA franc F.CFA XAF Centime 100 Chad Central African CFA franc F.CFA XAF Centime 100 Chile Chilean...
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coins from 1944. It was replaced by the CFA franc in 1945. In 1944, aluminium-bronze 50 centimes and 1 franc coins were issued. These were the only coins...
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Françafrique (category French colonisation in Africa)
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...
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Indochinese piastre between South Africa, South West Africa, and Bechuanaland (later independent Botswana) using the South African rand between Egypt, Anglo-Egyptian...
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BRICS summit, they were among 22 countries applying for membership. South African Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana said “There is a second batch of countries...
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Guinea-Bissau peso (category Currencies of Africa)
stop high inflation, Guinea-Bissau adopted the CFA franc, using a conversion rate of 65 pesos to the franc. The peso replaced the escudo in 1975. It was...
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existing regional currency unions in Africa, using the West African CFA franc, and the Central African CFA franc, respectively. Additionally, the Common...
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Economy of Niger (category African Union member economies)
re-export trade, and export of uranium. The 50% devaluation of the West African CFA franc in January 1994 boosted exports of livestock, cowpeas, onions, and...
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re-export trade, and export of uranium. The 50% devaluation of the West African CFA franc in January 1994 boosted exports of livestock, cowpeas, onions, and...
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Algeria Belgian franc – Belgium Burundian franc – Burundi Cambodian franc – Cambodia Central African CFA franc – Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad...
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Alliance of Sahel States (category 2023 establishments in Africa)
on 16 September 2023 following the 2023 Nigerien crisis, in which the West African political bloc ECOWAS threatened to intervene militarily to restore civilian...
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is limited to the eight, mostly Francophone countries that employ the CFA franc as their common currency. The Liptako–Gourma Authority of Mali, Niger...
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the West African CFA franc in 1994, and the resulting hardships as the basis for a whimsical commentary on using the lottery for survival. Le Franc was...
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Barcelona – Taula de canvi de Barcelona (1401–1714) British East Africa – East African Currency Board (1919–1966) Independent State of Croatia – Croatian...
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the introduction in 1868 of the Spanish peseta, at par with the French franc, and at the rate of $1 = 20 reales = 5 pesetas = 22.5 g of fine silver....
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ECOWAS (redirect from West African Economic and Monetary Union)
former territories of French West Africa. The currency they all use is the CFA franc, which is pegged to the euro. The West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ), established...
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territorial status and on September 4, 1947, Upper Volta became a French West African territory again in its own right. A revision in the organization of French...
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Neocolonialism (category European colonisation of Africa)
PMID 33621503. "African protests over the CFA 'colonial currency'". BBC News. August 30, 2017. Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice (2005). Africa: The Politics...
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