Grâce à cet accord, la Banque centrale des Etats d'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO) ne devra plus déposer la moitié de ses réserves de change auprès du Trésor français, obligation qui était perçue comme une dépendance humiliante vis-à-vis de la France par les détracteurs du franc CFA.

En revanche, la France continuera de jouer son rôle de garant pour cette monnaie qui maintiendra également une parité fixe avec l'euro (1 euro = 655,96 francs CFA). Ce point est appelé à évoluer lorsque la monnaie commune ouest-africaine verra le jour.

On April 2, 2011 sources with access to advisors to Salt al-Islam Qaddafi stated in strictest confidence that while the freezing of Libya's foreign bank accounts presents Muammar Qaddafi with serious challenges, his ability to equip and maintain his armed forces and intelligence services remains intact. According to sensitive information available to this these individuals, Qaddafi's government holds 143 tons of gold, and a similar amount in silver. During late March, 2011 these stocks were moved to SABHA (south west in the direction of the Libyan border with Niger and Chad); taken from the vaults of the Libyan Central Bank in Tripoli.
This gold was accumulated prior to the current rebellion and was intended to be used to establish a pan-African currency based on the Libyan golden Dinar. This plan was designed to provide the Francophone African Countries with an alternative to the French.franc (CFA). (Source Comment: According to knowledgeable individuals this quantity of gold and silver is valued at more than $7 billion. French intelligence officers discovered this plan shortly after the current rebellion began, and this was one of the factors that influenced President Nicolas Sarkozy's decision to commit France to the attack on Libya