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West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU): Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo

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The West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) is an West African economic and integration organisation.

The member countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) are:

  1. Benin
  2. Burkina Faso
  3. Ivory Coast
  4. Guinea-Bissau
  5. Mali
  6. Niger
  7. Senegal
  8. Togo

All the countries of the WAEMU are members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

The West African Monetary Zone (Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone) should be integrated in the WAEMU

The purpose of the WAEMU is to achieve the economic integration of the member economies:

  1. WAEMU Common market (2000)
  2. Common External Tariff
  3. Common Currency

The eight member countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) use CFA Franc as the common currency (Central Bank of West African States)

The West African Development Bank is the financing agency for the development of the eight countries of the WAEMU

The Headquarters of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) are in Ouagadougou

  1. Avenue professor Joseph Ki-Zerbo 01 BP 543 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

All the countries of the WAEMU are Francophones, except Guinea-Bissau (Lusophone)

  1. Population of the countries of the WAEMU: 112 million West African
  2. Creation of the WAEMU: 1994 (Dakar) - West-African Monetary Union (WAEMU)

More information about the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), at EENI Global Business School Website.

West African Economic and Monetary Union WAEMU/ UEMOA

United States-West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) Agreement

Academic Programs related to West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)

UEMOA (Masters and Doctorates, International Business)

  1. Masters: International Trade and Business in Africa, Transport and Logistics in Africa
  2. Doctorate in African Business
  3. Course: International Trade and Business in West Africa

The main cities of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) are:

  1. Benin: Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Djougou, Kétou, Parakou, Porto-Novo
  2. Burkina Faso: Bobo-Dioulasso, Banfora, Dédougou, Tenkodogo, Koudougou, Kaya, Fada N'Gourma, Ouagadougou, Ouahigouya, Manga, Dori, Gaoua
  3. Ivory Coast: Abidjan, Yamoussoukro, Bouaké, Daloa, Korhogo, Man, San-Pédro
  4. Guinea-Bissau: Bissau
  5. Mali: Bamako, Gao, Kayes, Kidal, Koulikoro, Mopti, Ségou, Sikasso, Timbuktu
  6. Niger: Agadez, Diffa, Dosso, Maradi, Niamey, Tahoua, Tillabéri, Zinder
  7. Senegal: Dakar, Guédiawaye, Kaolak, M'bour, Pikine, Rufisque, Saint-Louis, Thiès, Touba, Ziguinchor
  8. Togo: Lomé, Kara, Kpalimé, Sokodé

Common Market (West African Economic and Monetary Union)

ECOWAS ZMAO WAEMU

Business in Africa (Spanish) Unión Económica y Monetaria del África Occidental (UEMOA) Trade and Business in Africa (French) Union Économique et monétaire ouest-africaine (WAEMU) Business in Africa (Portuguese) União Económica e Monetária do Oeste Africano (UEMOA)



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