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The Afronomics Weekly · week of 2 November 2026

Africa’s week in numbers

  • The Afronomics African Sovereign Bill Index stands at 12.65%, up 1 bps on the week and down 186 bps on a year ago.
  • Kenya’s 91-day Treasury bill cleared at 8.750%, unchanged on the previous auction.
  • Treasury bond FXD1/2026/030 priced at 14.127%, KES 41.0bn accepted.
  • The South Sudanese pound lost 5.7% against the dollar over the week.
  • 8 World Bank operations are scheduled for Board approval in the next six weeks, led by Mozambique’s $39m Mozambique: Cyclone Idai & Kenneth Emergency Recovery and Resilience Project.

How this edition is made

Assembled from the datasets on this site as they update — central-bank auction notices, the archived FX reference, the World Bank project register and publisher feeds. Every figure links to its source.

Generated Wed, 04 Nov 2026 23:33:08 UTC

Afronomics African Sovereign Bill Index, week of 2 Nov12.65%+1 bps on the week · −186 bps on the year · 10 markets

Rates

Kenya government auctions

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Treasury billAuctionRateChangeSubscription
91-day2 Nov8.750%±0 bps508%
182-day2 Nov8.851%−1 bps53%
364-day2 Nov9.029%±0 bps59%
Treasury bondAuctionRateAcceptedBid-to-cover
FXD1/2026/030reopening9 Nov14.127%KES 41.0bn1.52
FXD3/2019/015reopening9 Nov12.740%KES 29.9bn1.24

Source: Central Bank of Kenya · auction result notices; each row links to its notice

Currencies

Biggest moves against the dollar

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South Sudanese pound6,101.72−5.74%
Ugandan shilling4,092.23+5.46%
Egyptian pound55.37+1.31%
Angolan kwanza917.30+1.23%
Mauritanian ouguiya40.54−0.98%
Algerian dinar135.98−0.64%
Mauritian rupee47.58−0.63%
Nigerian naira1,346.07+0.55%
Zambian kwacha20.26−0.45%
Sierra Leonean leone22.87+0.45%

Change in each currency’s value against the US dollar, 28 Oct to 4 Nov. Positive means the currency strengthened.

Source: ExchangeRate-API · daily mid-market reference, archived by Afronomics

The Wire

Stories that moved the week

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Capital

World Bank Board dates, next six weeks

Operations in the pipeline with an expected Board date between today and six weeks out, as published by the World Bank.

ProjectCountryThemeStatusBoard dateCommitment
Mozambique: Cyclone Idai & Kenneth Emergency Recovery and Resilience ProjectP519193MozambiqueClimate & energyPipelineNov 2026$38.5M
Djibouti Digital Foundations ProjectP515866DjiboutiDigitalPipelineNov 2026$10M
Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL)P515456NigeriaClimate & energyPipelineNov 2026$500M
Sudan SANAD - Emergency Crisis Response Safety Net ProjectP517481SudanSocial protectionPipelineNov 2026$25M
Senegal - Saint-Louis Emergency Recovery and Resilience ProjectP516778SenegalClimate & energyPipelineNov 2026$7.4M
CAR Investment and Business Competitiveness for EmploymentP519318Central African RepublicOtherPipelineNov 2026$30M
Mauritania Second Reforms for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth DPFP513420MauritaniaOtherPipelineNov 2026$40M
Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation in UgandaP514490UgandaClimate & energyPipelineNov 2026$250M

Source: World Bank Projects & Operations

Signals

Prints worth a second look

Chart of the week: 364-day Treasury bill rates across ten African markets

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