Consequently, the financial situation of just independent Togo was very unstable, and in order to get out of this situation, Olympio decided to leave the monetary system set up by colonial France the FCFA (franc of the French colonies of Africa) and created the currency of the country.
Ngenxa yalokho, isimo sezezimali se-Togo nje esizimele sasingazinzile kakhulu, futhi ukuze kuphume lesi simo, i-Olympio yanquma ukushiya uhlelo lwemali olwakhiwa yiColonial France i FCFA (franc yamaFoloni ase-Afrika), futhi wadala imali yezwe.