SPECIAL REPORT: WEST AFRICAN SINGLE CURRENCY IS UNLIKELY TO BE ROLLED OUT IN 2020
Fri, 12 July 2019
A lack of demand for intra-regional formal trade in West Africa may prove the most serious challenge for the single currency’s eventual launch and success. Unlike the Eurozone in the 1990s, West African economies are geared towards exporting to western or Asian markets, rather than its neighbours. Few West African countries are likely to meet all currency convergence criteria over the next year, while most CFA countries will be reluctant to replace their stable monetary regime with the messy managed float of the Nigerian naira.
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