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CEMAC Risks Losing Billions as Oil Firms Resist Currency Repatriation
02 Jul 2025 13:10 GMT
… BEAC) and governments in Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, … ease fears of a CFA franc devaluation.
Oil companies’ … have to repatriate foreign currency. BEAC has also allowed … pay local subcontractors in foreign currency.
A financial insider says …
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Rwanda, Nigeria listed among 10 African countries with weakest currencies
29 Jun 2025 16:16 GMT
… continue to face significant currency challenges, largely due to … data from the Forbes currency calculator (as of June … Democratic Republic of the Congo – The Congolese Franc (CDF) stands at 2 … driven by policy adjustments, currency weakness continues to weigh …
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DRC's dedollarisation: a bold shift to Franc Congolais
21 Mar 2025 13:25 GMT
… Democratic Republic of the Congo is officially relinquishing its … on its own currency, the Franc Congolais or Congolese Franc. The DRC, … a reserve currency and being the preferred currency for … ditching hard currency for a local, autonomous currency often has …
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Africa's weakest currency is held by one of its smallest but prettiest countries
11 Mar 2025 06:00 GMT
… used the dobra as its currency since 1977, with a … as the island country’s currency in 1977, replacing the escudo … days.
The second weakest currency in Africa is held by … Franc, Uganda’s Ugandan Shilling and the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Congolese Franc …
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France’s modern colonies: the CFA Franc System
11 Feb 2025 07:21 GMT
… hegemony was the CFA franc, a currency designed to keep African … on Paris.
The CFA franc (Franc des Colonies Francais d’ … , Chad, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, … local industrialization. Because the currency remains overvalued, it makes …
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African countries that rely on France to print their currency
12 Feb 2025 16:55 GMT
… , it remained the official currency of multiple nations.
Since …
Ivory Coast
Republic of Congo
Mali
Equatorial Guinea
Niger
… African CFA franc (XOF) is the official currency of eight … into a strong international currency.
Push for monetary independence …
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Top 10 African countries with the weakest currencies in June 2025
27 Jun 2025 06:21 GMT
… .
A stronger local currency contributes to the reversal … prices.
Furthermore, a currency weakening typically deters investors … When a traditionally weak currency begins to show indications … Franc
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Congolese Franc …
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Rwanda hit by dollar shortage as franc weakens
23 Oct 2024 08:59 GMT
… depreciating franc and fears of a rise in inflation.
Forex bureaus … mounted an operation against forex traders involved in illegal … in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
"The dollar demand … worsen depreciation of the local currency.
“Most of our traditional …
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Interview: After Jordan breakthrough, currency hedging fund TCX could tap Gulf SWFs to raise volumes
27 Aug 2024 02:52 GMT
… risk by providing cross-currency forwards and swaps to … of several synthetic local currency bonds in London or … bond in the Congolese franc, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
“The … banks will borrow synthetic local currency loans because these countries …
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Kenyan banks see forex losses from subsidiaries
24 Aug 2024 06:29 GMT
… statements in their local currency (functional currency), but when they … , the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, recorded … percent against the Rwandan franc and 23 percent against … contribution has been dampened by forex losses, Kenyan banks have …