Hi there. For anyone travelling to the ICANN meeting in Dakar next week. The currency in Senegal is the *Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF), *also used in Togo, Mali and other francophone African countries Based on the tools I have available, as of today, *$1 = 473F* *€1 = 656F* *£1 = 747F* Here is information on getting mobile: Those of you who have an unlocked mobile phone will probably find that buying a prepaid SIM card for the week will be far less expensive than roaming costs using your usual carrier(*). Based on this page from Orange<http://www.orange.sn/djoumtouwayyatu,2,37,ay,e172125ff9ab2c5>(in French), the rates are, from what I can gather: SIM card: 2 000F ($4.23) comes loaded with 2 000F credit Per minute domestic: 85F ($0.18) Per minute domestic night (00:00-06:00): 50F ($0.11) Per minute international: 170F ($0.36) SMS domestic: 30F ($0.06) SMS international: 100F ($0.21) (*) My Canadian telco would charge me $3.00 per minute or $0.75 per SMS for Senegal You can also buy an unlocked phone there<http://www.orange.sn/djoumtouwayyatu,2,1720,ay,e172125ff9ab2c5>for as little as 12 900F ($27.30). I hope this is helpful. Feel free to pass it to anyone travelling. - Evan