💰 African Currencies Quiz
Match countries to the money they use, symbols included.
The 54 countries of Africa use 42 different currencies between them. The West African CFA franc is the most widely shared, used by 8 of them.
Currencies against real people, on the same questions — no account needed. Don't want to wait? The next currencies room covers Europe and starts in 3:14.
Currencies of Africa
| Country | Currency |
|---|---|
| Algeria | Algerian dinar (د.ج) |
| Angola | Angolan kwanza (Kz) |
| Benin | West African CFA franc (Fr) |
| Botswana | Botswana pula (P) |
| Burkina Faso | West African CFA franc (Fr) |
| Burundi | Burundian franc (Fr) |
| Cabo Verde | Cape Verdean escudo (Esc) |
| Cameroon | Central African CFA franc (Fr) |
| Central African Republic | Central African CFA franc (Fr) |
| Chad | Central African CFA franc (Fr) |
| Comoros | Comorian franc (Fr) |
| Congo | Central African CFA franc (Fr) |
| Djibouti | Djiboutian franc (Fr) |
| DRC | Congolese franc (FC) |
| Egypt | Egyptian pound (£) |
| Equatorial Guinea | Central African CFA franc (Fr) |
| Eritrea | Eritrean nakfa (Nfk) |
| Eswatini | Swazi lilangeni (L) |
| Ethiopia | Ethiopian birr (Br) |
| Gabon | Central African CFA franc (Fr) |
| Gambia | dalasi (D) |
| Ghana | Ghanaian cedi (₵) |
| Guinea | Guinean franc (Fr) |
| Guinea-Bissau | West African CFA franc (Fr) |
| Ivory Coast | West African CFA franc (Fr) |
| Kenya | Kenyan shilling (Sh) |
| Lesotho | Lesotho loti (L) |
| Liberia | Liberian dollar ($) |
| Libya | Libyan dinar (ل.د) |
| Madagascar | Malagasy ariary (Ar) |
| Malawi | Malawian kwacha (MK) |
| Mali | West African CFA franc (Fr) |
| Mauritania | Mauritanian ouguiya (UM) |
| Mauritius | Mauritian rupee (₨) |
| Morocco | Moroccan dirham (د.م.) |
| Mozambique | Mozambican metical (MT) |
| Namibia | Namibian dollar ($) |
| Niger | West African CFA franc (Fr) |
| Nigeria | Nigerian naira (₦) |
| Rwanda | Rwandan franc (Fr) |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé and Príncipe dobra (Db) |
| Senegal | West African CFA franc (Fr) |
| Seychelles | Seychellois rupee (₨) |
| Sierra Leone | Leone (Le) |
| Somalia | Somali shilling (Sh) |
| South Africa | South African rand (R) |
| South Sudan | South Sudanese pound (£) |
| Sudan | Sudanese pound (ج.س) |
| Tanzania | Tanzanian shilling (Sh) |
| Togo | West African CFA franc (Fr) |
| Tunisia | Tunisian dinar (د.ت) |
| Uganda | Ugandan shilling (Sh) |
| Zambia | Zambian kwacha (ZK) |
| Zimbabwe | Zimbabwean dollar ($) |
About the African Currencies quiz
- How many countries are in the Africa quiz?
- 54 — every country in Africa with the data this quiz needs. Questions are drawn fresh from that pool each round, so no two rounds repeat.
- How many currencies are used in Africa?
- 42 across 54 countries, because several share one — 8 of them use the West African CFA franc.
- Does the quiz include currencies that no longer exist?
- Live rooms occasionally ask about pre-euro currencies such as the Deutsche Mark and the French Franc. The table above lists only currencies in use today.