Central Bank of West African States

Central Bank of West African States
*Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest* (BCEAO) (in French)
Headquarters	Dakar, Senegal
Established	1959
Governor	Jean-Claude Brou
Central bank of	West African Economic and Monetary Union
Currency	West African CFA franc; XOF (ISO 4217)
Reserves	9 820 million USD
Preceded by	Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale (1901-1955); Institut d'Émission de l'Afrique Occidentale Française et du Togo (1955-1959)
Website	www.bceao.int

The Central Bank of West African States (French: Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, BCEAO) is a central bank serving the eight 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 in developing financial inclusion policy and is a member of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion.^[2]

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