Afronomics dataset
Kenya Treasury bill auctions
Every CBK auction in one table — 2,301 results, free CSV.
FX
US dollar reference rates
Units of local currency per US$1. Annual change uses the official period-average rate.
| Pair | Currency | Used in | Live reference | Official avg (latest year) | Change on year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD/DZD | Algerian dinar | Algeria | 135.98 | 131.61 ’25 | −1.8% |
| USD/AOA | Angolan kwanza | Angola | 917.30 | 911.99 ’25 | +4.8% |
| USD/XOF | West African CFA franc | Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo | 586.10 | 581.93 ’25 | −4.0% |
| USD/BWP | Botswana pula | Botswana | 14.0934 | 13.5024 ’25 | −0.4% |
| USD/BIF | Burundi franc | Burundi | 3,002.31 | 2,943.14 ’25 | +2.0% |
| USD/CVE | Cabo Verde escudo | Cabo Verde | 98.52 | 97.86 ’25 | −4.0% |
| USD/XAF | Central African CFA franc | Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon | 586.10 | 581.93 ’25 | −4.0% |
| USD/KMF | Comorian franc | Comoros | 439.58 | 435.38 ’25 | −4.2% |
| USD/DJF | Djibouti franc | Djibouti | 177.72 | 177.72 ’25 | +0.0% |
| USD/CDF | Congolese franc | DR Congo | 2,311.77 | 2,693.24 ’25 | +15.1% |
| USD/EGP | Egyptian pound | Egypt | 55.37 | 49.23 ’25 | +8.7% |
| USD/ERN | Eritrean nakfa | Eritrea | 15.00 | 15.075 ’25 | +0.0% |
| USD/SZL | Swazi lilangeni | Eswatini | 16.6172 | 17.8889 ’25 | −2.3% |
| USD/ETB | Ethiopian birr | Ethiopia | 161.66 | 82.60 ’24 | +51.3% |
| USD/GMD | Gambian dalasi | Gambia | 74.67 | 71.29 ’25 | +5.4% |
| USD/GHS | Ghanaian cedi | Ghana | 11.6789 | 12.5568 ’25 | −11.5% |
| USD/GNF | Guinean franc | Guinea | 8,837.71 | 9,565.08 ’20 | +4.2% |
| USD/KES | Kenya shilling | Kenya | 129.98 | 129.30 ’25 | −4.1% |
| USD/LSL | Lesotho loti | Lesotho | 16.6172 | 17.8887 ’25 | −2.4% |
| USD/LRD | Liberian dollar | Liberia | 169.79 | 191.31 ’24 | +9.3% |
| USD/LYD | Libyan dinar | Libya | 6.4159 | 5.3026 ’25 | +9.7% |
| USD/MGA | Malagasy ariary | Madagascar | 4,586.42 | 4,529.75 ’25 | +0.1% |
| USD/MWK | Malawian kwacha | Malawi | 1,743.26 | 1,161.09 ’23 | +22.3% |
| USD/MRU | Mauritanian ouguiya | Mauritania | 40.54 | 36.49 ’23 | −1.2% |
| USD/MUR | Mauritian rupee | Mauritius | 47.58 | 46.00 ’25 | −0.9% |
| USD/MAD | Moroccan dirham | Morocco | 9.8228 | 9.3503 ’25 | −6.0% |
| USD/MZN | Mozambican metical | Mozambique | 63.75 | 63.91 ’24 | +0.0% |
| USD/NAD | Namibian dollar | Namibia | 16.6172 | 17.8887 ’25 | −2.4% |
| USD/NGN | Nigerian naira | Nigeria | 1,346.07 | 1,518.38 ’25 | +2.7% |
| USD/RWF | Rwandan franc | Rwanda | 1,478.51 | 1,428.48 ’25 | +8.4% |
| USD/STN | São Tomé dobra | São Tomé and Príncipe | 21.89 | 21.75 ’25 | −4.0% |
| USD/SCR | Seychellois rupee | Seychelles | 14.2648 | 14.7255 ’25 | +1.3% |
| USD/SLE | Sierra Leonean leone | Sierra Leone | 22.87 | 21.30 ’23 | +51.7% |
| USD/SOS | Somali shilling | Somalia | 571.51 | 23,097.99 ’17 | +0.2% |
| USD/ZAR | South African rand | South Africa | 16.6171 | 17.8887 ’25 | −2.4% |
| USD/SSP | South Sudanese pound | South Sudan | 6,101.72 | 2,163.10 ’24 | +132.5% |
| USD/SDG | Sudanese pound | Sudan | 449.50 | 546.76 ’22 | +47.5% |
| USD/TZS | Tanzanian shilling | Tanzania | 2,640.20 | 2,597.90 ’24 | +9.0% |
| USD/TND | Tunisian dinar | Tunisia | 3.004 | 2.9974 ’25 | −3.5% |
| USD/UGX | Ugandan shilling | Uganda | 4,092.23 | 3,602.99 ’25 | −4.1% |
| USD/ZMW | Zambian kwacha | Zambia | 20.26 | 25.28 ’25 | −3.4% |
| USD/ZWG | Zimbabwe gold | Zimbabwe | 26.56 | 26.60 ’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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