Supported Regions and Currencies

Understand the current currency zones and market coverage supported by Genuka Pay.

Introduction

Genuka Pay currently operates across two main currency zones. Your integration should model currencies explicitly and never reduce them to a generic FCFA label.

Currencies

Use explicit ISO codes such as XAF and XOF in storage, APIs, and merchant displays.

Regional Coverage

Supported markets are grouped across Central African and West African currency zones.

Supported Currency Zones

Currency	Label	Region
`XAF`	Central African CFA Franc	CEMAC
`XOF`	West African CFA Franc	UEMOA

Central Africa (`XAF`)

Supported countries:

Cameroon

Gabon

Chad

Central African Republic

Republic of the Congo

Equatorial Guinea

West Africa (`XOF`)

Supported countries:

Côte d’Ivoire

Senegal

Mali

Burkina Faso

Togo

Benin

Integration Rule

Always persist and display the ISO code explicitly.

Use:

1,000 XAF

1,000 XOF

Avoid:

1,000 FCFA

Why this matters

XAF and XOF are not interchangeable. They are different currency codes, even if merchants or end users may casually refer to both as FCFA.

Product Implications

For integration and operations, this means:

multiple operator markets behind one API surface

distinct country coverage across regions

the need for explicit currency-aware pricing, reporting, and reconciliation

Recommendations

store both amount and currency together

validate currency consistency across requests and ledger events

review region support before launching country-specific features