Travel foreign-exchange allowances across African markets
This rule differs from market to market. Below is each African market's published position on travel / discretionary fx allowance, as stated in the cited official instrument — the record, not a verdict. Rules, not rates — no exchange rate is recorded.
Where a rule is set at union level it appears once: the WAEMU (UMOA/UEMOA) rule applies in all 8 member states.
The comparable axis is the normalized facet travel / discretionary fx allowance — which makes each market's rule comparable on one table, market to market, without flattening the differences between them.
Facet id (as used by the Afriset MCP): xborder:TRAVEL_ALLOWANCE
The record, market by market
| Market | The record | Source | Source date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | Sales of foreign currency (in banknotes or for loading a prepaid card) are limited to USD 5,000 per month per resident traveller over 18 years of age. (USD 5,000 per month per resident traveller (18+)) Verbatim"A venda de moeda estrangeira está limitada a USD 5.000,00 (cinco mil Dólares dos Estados Unidos da América) ou o seu equivalente noutra moeda estrangeira, por viajante residente cambial maior de 18 anos, por mês, podendo ser entregue ao cliente em notas ou carregado num cartão pré-pago." | Instrutivo n.º 06/2022, de 24 de Junho — Limites de Venda de Moeda Estrangeira Aplicáveis às Sociedades Prestadoras do Serviço de Pagamentos e Casas de Câmbio (issued under Lei n.º 05/97) | 2022-06-24 |
| Ethiopia | A personal traveller is entitled to a USD 10,000 foreign-exchange allowance (or the equivalent in other convertible currencies), taken as cash notes or via a debit card. (USD 10,000) Verbatim"Personal traveller is entitled to USD 10,000 (USD Ten thousand) or its equivalent in other convertible currencies, which may be provided as cash notes or via a debit card." | Directive No. FXD/03/2025 — Amendment to FXD/01/2024 (traveller/forex-bureau allowances) | 2025-05-20 |
| Ghana | For non-FEA/non-FCA account holders, forex purchases for travel outside Ghana are capped at US$10,000-equivalent per person per trip. (US$10,000 per person per trip) Verbatim"For non-FEA and non-FCA account holders, forex purchases for travel outside Ghana are allowed but capped at US$10,000 or its equivalent per person per trip…" | BoG Notice No. BG/GOV/SEC/2025/25 — Updated Guidelines for Inward Remittance Services by Payment Service Providers (UGIR 2025) | 2025-08-25 |
| Morocco | A resident individual's personal-travel foreign-exchange allowance is a base allowance of MAD 100,000, cumulable with an income-based supplement, the whole capped at MAD 500,000 per person per calendar year. (MAD 500,000 per person per calendar year (base MAD 100,000 plus an income-based supplement)) Verbatim"la dotation de base de cent mille (100.000) dirhams, le tout dans la limite de cinq cent mille (500.000) dirhams par personne et par année civile" | Instruction Générale des Opérations de Change 2026 (IGOC 2026) — the consolidated FX rulebook, Office des Changes | 2026-01-01 |
| Nigeria | A rule has been located but not yet verified, so we don't publish its terms here. | CBN, Foreign Exchange Manual (Revised 2018) — 26 Memoranda; given effect by circular TED/FEM/FPC/GEN/01/004 of 26 Jul 2018, effective 1 Aug 2018, repealing the 2006 Manual | 2018-08-01 |
| Tanzania | A person may purchase up to US$10,000-equivalent per trip from a bank, financial institution or bureau de change for travel outside Tanzania, on residency and travel documents. (US$10,000 per trip) Verbatim"For the purpose of travel outside the United Republic, a person may, upon submission of supporting documents relating to his residency and valid travelling documents, purchase from a bank, financial institutions or bureau de change, foreign exchange at an amount the equivalent of which does not exceed ten thousand United States dollars." | Foreign Exchange Regulations, 2022 (GN No. 294 of 2022, made under s.6(1) FX Act Cap 271) | 2022-05-13 |
| WAEMU Crossing the union border BeninBurkina FasoCôte d'IvoireGuinea-BissauMaliNigerSenegalTogo | The foreign-currency travel allowance issued to resident travellers in banknote form may not exceed 3,500,000 FCFA per person per trip. (3,500,000 XOF per person per trip (banknotes)) Verbatim"Les allocations en devises délivrées aux voyageurs résidents, sous la forme de billets, étrangers ne peuvent excéder la contre-valeur de trois millions cinq cent mille francs CFA par personne et par voyage." | Instruction n°06/07/2025/RFE … délivrance des allocations en devises aux voyageurs résidents et non résidents et au contrôle des moyens de paiement transportés… (abrogates 05-07-2011/RFE) | 2025-08-01 |
| South Africa | A rule has been located but not yet verified, so we don't publish its terms here. | Currency and Exchanges Manual for Authorised Dealers (AD Manual), SARB FinSurv, v1.132 (version-control sheet: issued 2026-06-25 per Circular 18/2026; title page dated 2026-06-25) | 2026-06-25 |
The record as published in each cited instrument, as of its source date — not legal or compliance advice. The record can change — a new rule can appear or an existing one lift — so verify current status with the regulator. Rules, not rates: no exchange rate is recorded here.
Maintained: this official source is re-checked on a weekly schedule — last checked 2026-08-04 · unchanged since the previous check.
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Cross-border rules by market