Ian, I just come through Angola and USD is the currency of choice. People prefer to change 100USD at a time into Kanza. 9500Kz for 100USD on the street, just under 9000Kz for 100USD in the bank.
You’ll fine money changers for dollars in lots of countries, outside the Abuja Sheraton is lots of them and that’s where I stocked up on USD from Nigerian currency out of the ATM in the hotel.
My excess of CFA left over (I stocked up on CFA for Gabon, Congo and DRC) after taking the boat to Kinshasa border crossing I changed into USD at the border port, used the Western Union aircon office as a discrete place with the money changer to change my CFA into over 600USD, plus the guy from Western Union let me use his ultraviolet light to check the USD was good.
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