Burkina Faso

Money & costs

Money

The unit of currency in Burkina Faso is the West African CFA franc.

Banks that will change money (usually euros in cash only) with a minimum of fuss include Banque Internationale du Burkina (BIB), Ecobank and Banque Internationale pour le Commerce, l’Industrie et l’Agriculture du Burkina (Biciab).

Biciab’s ATMs in larger cities issue easy cash advances against Visa (but not MasterCard), although transaction fees are prohibitive; take out as much as the machine lets you each time.