The Banque of the Centrale of the budget de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO) is the central bank of the African countries Benin, d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Mali, the Niger Senegal and Togo. These countries are the union Ouest Africaine (west African Monetary union). Mauritania separated 1973 from the UMOA.

The center is in Dakar, which capital of Senegal, in each country of the UMOA will at least one address maintained.

History

1853 were already created in Senegal a first private bank with the name Banque you . On 29 June 1901 the Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale was created, which functioned for the French colonies in Africa as central bank and whose tasks took over and 1920 its activities also since the Central African French areas expanded. At 25 December 1945 one began to emit the CFA franc. On 20 January 1955 a separation between west and Central Africa in the administration followed, and based for west Africa Institut d'Emission de l'Afrique Occidentale et you Togo, which was l'Ouest on 4 April 1959 to the Banque Centrale of the budget de l'Afrique de.

Related links

• Homepage of the BCEAO (only English and French)

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