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African currencies against the dollar

Hourly mid-market reference for all African currencies, with the annual official average and how far each moved on the year.

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Daily mid-market reference. This is not a central-bank print and not a dealing price.

12,997.59 KES

1 USD = 129.98 KES

Updated Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:02:31 +0000. ExchangeRate-API

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US dollar reference rates

Units of local currency per US$1. Annual change uses the official period-average rate.

PairCurrencyUsed inLive referenceOfficial avg (latest year)Change on year
USD/DZDAlgerian dinarAlgeria135.98131.61 ’25−1.8%
USD/AOAAngolan kwanzaAngola917.30911.99 ’25+4.8%
USD/XOFWest African CFA francBenin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo586.10581.93 ’25−4.0%
USD/BWPBotswana pulaBotswana14.093413.5024 ’25−0.4%
USD/BIFBurundi francBurundi3,002.312,943.14 ’25+2.0%
USD/CVECabo Verde escudoCabo Verde98.5297.86 ’25−4.0%
USD/XAFCentral African CFA francCameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon586.10581.93 ’25−4.0%
USD/KMFComorian francComoros439.58435.38 ’25−4.2%
USD/DJFDjibouti francDjibouti177.72177.72 ’25+0.0%
USD/CDFCongolese francDR Congo2,311.772,693.24 ’25+15.1%
USD/EGPEgyptian poundEgypt55.3749.23 ’25+8.7%
USD/ERNEritrean nakfaEritrea15.0015.075 ’25+0.0%
USD/SZLSwazi lilangeniEswatini16.617217.8889 ’25−2.3%
USD/ETBEthiopian birrEthiopia161.6682.60 ’24+51.3%
USD/GMDGambian dalasiGambia74.6771.29 ’25+5.4%
USD/GHSGhanaian cediGhana11.678912.5568 ’25−11.5%
USD/GNFGuinean francGuinea8,837.719,565.08 ’20+4.2%
USD/KESKenya shillingKenya129.98129.30 ’25−4.1%
USD/LSLLesotho lotiLesotho16.617217.8887 ’25−2.4%
USD/LRDLiberian dollarLiberia169.79191.31 ’24+9.3%
USD/LYDLibyan dinarLibya6.41595.3026 ’25+9.7%
USD/MGAMalagasy ariaryMadagascar4,586.424,529.75 ’25+0.1%
USD/MWKMalawian kwachaMalawi1,743.261,161.09 ’23+22.3%
USD/MRUMauritanian ouguiyaMauritania40.5436.49 ’23−1.2%
USD/MURMauritian rupeeMauritius47.5846.00 ’25−0.9%
USD/MADMoroccan dirhamMorocco9.82289.3503 ’25−6.0%
USD/MZNMozambican meticalMozambique63.7563.91 ’24+0.0%
USD/NADNamibian dollarNamibia16.617217.8887 ’25−2.4%
USD/NGNNigerian nairaNigeria1,346.071,518.38 ’25+2.7%
USD/RWFRwandan francRwanda1,478.511,428.48 ’25+8.4%
USD/STNSão Tomé dobraSão Tomé and Príncipe21.8921.75 ’25−4.0%
USD/SCRSeychellois rupeeSeychelles14.264814.7255 ’25+1.3%
USD/SLESierra Leonean leoneSierra Leone22.8721.30 ’23+51.7%
USD/SOSSomali shillingSomalia571.5123,097.99 ’17+0.2%
USD/ZARSouth African randSouth Africa16.617117.8887 ’25−2.4%
USD/SSPSouth Sudanese poundSouth Sudan6,101.722,163.10 ’24+132.5%
USD/SDGSudanese poundSudan449.50546.76 ’22+47.5%
USD/TZSTanzanian shillingTanzania2,640.202,597.90 ’24+9.0%
USD/TNDTunisian dinarTunisia3.0042.9974 ’25−3.5%
USD/UGXUgandan shillingUganda4,092.233,602.99 ’25−4.1%
USD/ZMWZambian kwachaZambia20.2625.28 ’25−3.4%
USD/ZWGZimbabwe goldZimbabwe26.5626.60 ’25−99.2%

Source: ExchangeRate-API · mid-market, not a dealing rate · Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:02:31 UTC

Source: World Bank Open Data · PA.NUS.FCRF · LCU per US$

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