Just landed in Ouagadougou and honestly, the airport exchange counter was way worse than the ATMs. I used Ecobank ATMs downtown and even with a small ...

Bangui’s airport exchange counter wasn’t great at all - the rates were awful and there were additional fees. I had better luck with Ecobank ATMs in th...

Just landed in Djibouti City, and I found that withdrawing from Banque de Djibouti ATMs gave me a way better exchange rate than the airport counter. T...

Eritrea’s ATM scene is pretty minimal, especially for foreigners. I had a better exchange rate getting cash at the airport exchange counter in Asmara ...

In Addis Ababa, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia ATMs are the best bet for foreign cards - I got much better rates than at the Bole Airport exchange desks....

I landed in Conakry and used Ecobank ATMs which gave me much better rates than the airport exchange counter. The counter had a high commission and a p...

Just landed in Monrovia and honestly, the airport exchange counter’s rates were way worse than the ATMs at Ecobank and United Bank for Africa. I used ...

In Bamako, Ecobank and Bank of Africa ATMs beat the airport exchange rates by a mile. The airport desk rate was way lower, plus they took a commission...

In Niamey, I got way better rates using an Ecobank or Bank of Africa ATM than the airport exchange. The counter’s rates were pretty harsh with extra c...