Central Bank of West African States
The West African Center for Banking Studies and Training (COFEB) was founded by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) in 1977, with the objective of developing its human resources and furthering capacity building for executives of economic and financial administrations, banks and financial institutions, and the decentralized financial systems of the Member States of the West African Monetary Union (WAMU)..
The Central Bank of West African States is an international public institution headquartered in Dakar. It is the common central bank for all eight (08) WAEMU Member States: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.