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The Afronomics Weekly · week of 5 October 2026

Africa’s week in numbers

  • The Afronomics African Sovereign Bill Index stands at 12.33%, down 7 bps on the week and down 228 bps on a year ago.
  • Kenya’s 91-day Treasury bill cleared at 8.769%, down 1 bps on the previous auction.
  • Treasury bond FXD1/2019/020 priced at 13.602%, KES 28.9bn accepted.
  • The South Sudanese pound gained 7.5% against the dollar over the week.
  • 8 World Bank operations are scheduled for Board approval in the next six weeks, led by Central African Republic’s $30m CAR Investment and Business Competitiveness for Employment.

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 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:35:00 UTC

Afronomics African Sovereign Bill Index, week of 5 Oct12.33%−7 bps on the week · −228 bps on the year · 10 markets

Rates

Kenya government auctions

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Treasury billAuctionRateChangeSubscription
91-day5 Oct8.769%−1 bps225%
182-day5 Oct8.886%−1 bps191%
364-day5 Oct9.040%±0 bps106%
Treasury bondAuctionRateAcceptedBid-to-cover
FXD1/2019/020reopening5 Oct13.602%KES 28.9bn1.59
FXD3/2019/015reopening5 Oct12.734%KES 28.6bn1.21

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 pound5,653.04+7.51%
Seychellois rupee14.6587−3.13%
Ugandan shilling3,932.95−2.60%
Moroccan dirham9.9195−2.57%
Sudanese pound458.58−2.00%
South African rand16.6586−1.51%
Lesotho loti16.6514−1.45%
Namibian dollar16.6514−1.45%
Swazi lilangeni16.6514−1.45%
Malagasy ariary4,458.52−1.31%

Change in each currency’s value against the US dollar, 30 Sept to 5 Oct. 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.

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ProjectCountryThemeStatusBoard dateCommitment
CAR Investment and Business Competitiveness for EmploymentP519318Central African RepublicOtherPipelineOct 2026$30M
Tanzania Food Systems Resilience ProgramP513350TanzaniaClimate & energyPipelineOct 2026—
RESILAND Niger Integrated Landscape Management ProjectP516380NigerWater & agriculturePipelineOct 2026—
Liberia Forest Economy Project (LiFE-P)P508345LiberiaOtherPipelineOct 2026$40M
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (NAVCDP)P514092KenyaWater & agriculturePipelineOct 2026$100M
Health Security Program in Western and Central Africa - Phase IVP516708GabonHealth & educationPipelineOct 2026$51M
South Sudan Health Sector Transformation Project (HSTP)P519227South SudanHealth & educationPipelineOct 2026$30M
Senegal - Saint-Louis Emergency Recovery and Resilience ProjectP516778SenegalClimate & energyPipelineOct 2026$7.4M

Source: World Bank Projects & Operations

Signals

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

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