The dream of a currency union across west Africa has moved one step closer, after a competition was launched to come up with a name and logo for a single currency. What does Russia want in Central ...

Explore the history of the South African Rand (ZAR), its evolution, fluctuation, and role in global trade. Understand why its value changes with global events.

As part of its plans to make Africa a more integrated continent, leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have adopted the name ‘ECO’ for a planned single currency to be used ...

The Central African Republic, which adopted Bitcoin as legal tender in April, is poised to roll out its own digital currency as part of a plan to develop its financial industry, according to the ...

A revamped common currency in West Africa known as the ECO will be launched in 2020, according to French President Emmanuel Macron. The ECO is supposed to replace the CFA franc which is currently ...