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CurrenciesAnalysis

Currency monitor: what is holding the Nigerian naira among Africa's firmer currencies in 2026

CBAN Editorial Team · 29 Jul 2026 · 5 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: Central Bank of Nigeria holds at 26.5% with inflation at 15.91%

CBAN Editorial Team · 29 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

CurrenciesAnalysis

Currency monitor: the Egyptian pound's 1.2% slide in 2026, explained

CBAN Editorial Team · 28 Jul 2026 · 5 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: Central Bank of Kenya holds at 8.75% with inflation at 6.7%

CBAN Editorial Team · 28 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

CurrenciesAnalysis

Currency monitor: what is holding the Kenyan shilling steady in 2026

CBAN Editorial Team · 27 Jul 2026 · 5 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: South African Reserve Bank holds at 7% with inflation at 5%

CBAN Editorial Team · 27 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: Central Bank of Egypt holds at 19.5% with inflation at 14.3%

CBAN Editorial Team · 26 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

CurrenciesAnalysis

Currency monitor: what is holding the South African rand steady in 2026

CBAN Editorial Team · 26 Jul 2026 · 5 min read

CurrenciesAnalysis

Currency monitor: the Ghanaian cedi's 9.5% slide in 2026, explained

CBAN Editorial Team · 25 Jul 2026 · 5 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: Bank of Ghana holds at 14% with inflation at 5.3%

CBAN Editorial Team · 25 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: National Bank of Ethiopia lifts its rate to 16% to lean against inflation

CBAN Editorial Team · 24 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

CurrenciesAnalysis

Currency monitor: the Ethiopian birr's 3.5% slide in 2026, explained

CBAN Editorial Team · 24 Jul 2026 · 5 min read

CurrenciesAnalysis

Currency monitor: the Angolan kwanza's 3.7% slide in 2026, explained

CBAN Editorial Team · 23 Jul 2026 · 5 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: Bank Al-Maghrib holds at 2.25% with inflation at 1.2%

CBAN Editorial Team · 23 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: Central Bank of Tunisia takes its rate to 7.5% as the easing cycle advances

CBAN Editorial Team · 22 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

CurrenciesAnalysis

Currency monitor: what is holding the Zambian kwacha among Africa's firmer currencies in 2026

CBAN Editorial Team · 22 Jul 2026 · 5 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: Bank of Algeria holds at 3% with inflation at 4.3%

CBAN Editorial Team · 21 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

CurrenciesAnalysis

Currency monitor: the Malawian kwacha's 5.8% slide in 2026, explained

CBAN Editorial Team · 21 Jul 2026 · 5 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: Central Bank of Libya holds at 3% with inflation at 2.5%

CBAN Editorial Team · 20 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

CurrenciesAnalysis

Currency monitor: the Zimbabwe gold's 4.2% slide in 2026, explained

CBAN Editorial Team · 20 Jul 2026 · 5 min read

Digital CurrenciesExplainer

CBDC in Africa, 2026: who has launched, who is piloting, and who has quietly paused

CBAN Editorial Team · 19 Jul 2026 · 8 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: Central Bank of West African States holds at 3.25% with inflation at 2%

CBAN Editorial Team · 19 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: Bank of Sierra Leone holds at 24.75% with inflation at 15%

CBAN Editorial Team · 18 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

Fintech RegulationAnalysis

Can PAPSS make African money move like African goods? The payments plumbing behind the AfCFTA

CBAN Editorial Team · 18 Jul 2026 · 7 min read

Capital MarketsAnalysis

The Eurobond window reopens: African sovereigns return to market on their own terms

CBAN Editorial Team · 17 Jul 2026 · 6 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: Central Bank of The Gambia holds at 17% with inflation at 10.2%

CBAN Editorial Team · 17 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

Fintech RegulationExplainer

The inclusion decade: how mobile money rewired African central banking

CBAN Editorial Team · 16 Jul 2026 · 6 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: Bank of Central African States holds at 4.5% with inflation at 4%

CBAN Editorial Team · 16 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

Banking SupervisionAnalysis

Basel III, African edition: supervisors tighten capital rules without strangling credit

CBAN Editorial Team · 15 Jul 2026 · 6 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: Central Bank of the Congo holds at 25% with inflation at 12%

CBAN Editorial Team · 15 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

Capital MarketsAnalysis

Why African central banks are buying gold — and repatriating it

CBAN Editorial Team · 14 Jul 2026 · 5 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: Bank of Uganda holds at 9.75% with inflation at 3.4%

CBAN Editorial Team · 14 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

Banking SupervisionAnalysis

Drought on the balance sheet: African supervisors bring climate risk into the rulebook

CBAN Editorial Team · 13 Jul 2026 · 5 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: Bank of Tanzania holds at 6% with inflation at 3.2%

CBAN Editorial Team · 13 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

EconomyExplainer

The eco at a crossroads: West Africa's single currency dream meets monetary reality

CBAN Editorial Team · 12 Jul 2026 · 7 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: National Bank of Rwanda holds at 6.5% with inflation at 5%

CBAN Editorial Team · 12 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

Monetary PolicyOpinion

Editorial: Central bank independence in Africa will be won in the bond market, not the statute book

CBAN Editorial Team · 11 Jul 2026 · 5 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: Bank of Zambia takes its rate to 13.25% as the easing cycle advances

CBAN Editorial Team · 11 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe holds at 35% with inflation at 25.1%

CBAN Editorial Team · 10 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

InflationOpinion

Editorial: Inflation targeting must reckon with the food question

CBAN Editorial Team · 10 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

Monetary PolicyResearch

Research note: Digital finance and the strengthening of African monetary transmission

CBAN Editorial Team · 9 Jul 2026 · 6 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: Bank of Botswana holds at 1.9% with inflation at 2.8%

CBAN Editorial Team · 9 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Explainer: How an African Monetary Policy Committee actually makes its decision

CBAN Editorial Team · 8 Jul 2026 · 5 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: Bank of Namibia holds at 6.75% with inflation at 3.9%

CBAN Editorial Team · 8 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: Bank of Mauritius holds at 4.5% with inflation at 3.6%

CBAN Editorial Team · 7 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: Banco Nacional de Angola takes its rate to 17.5% as the easing cycle advances

CBAN Editorial Team · 6 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: Banco de Moçambique takes its rate to 11.75% as the easing cycle advances

CBAN Editorial Team · 5 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: Reserve Bank of Malawi holds at 26% with inflation at 27.3%

CBAN Editorial Team · 4 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

Monetary PolicyExplainer

Policy monitor: Central Bank of Seychelles holds at 1.75% with inflation at 1%

CBAN Editorial Team · 3 Jul 2026 · 4 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Nigeria at 15.91% as price pressures moderate

CBAN Editorial Team · 2 Jul 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Kenya rises to 6.7%, keeping the CBK watchful

CBAN Editorial Team · 1 Jul 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: South Africa rises to 5%, keeping the SARB watchful

CBAN Editorial Team · 30 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Egypt at 14.3% as price pressures moderate

CBAN Editorial Team · 29 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Ghana rises to 5.3%, keeping the BoG watchful

CBAN Editorial Team · 28 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Ethiopia rises to 13.9%, keeping the NBE watchful

CBAN Editorial Team · 27 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Morocco at 1.2% as price pressures stay contained

CBAN Editorial Team · 26 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Tunisia at 6.5% as price pressures moderate

CBAN Editorial Team · 25 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Algeria at 4.3% as price pressures stay contained

CBAN Editorial Team · 24 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Libya at 2.5% as price pressures stay contained

CBAN Editorial Team · 23 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Senegal at 2% as price pressures stay contained

CBAN Editorial Team · 22 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Côte d'Ivoire at 2.4% as price pressures stay contained

CBAN Editorial Team · 21 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Sierra Leone at 15% as price pressures moderate

CBAN Editorial Team · 20 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: The Gambia at 10.2% as price pressures moderate

CBAN Editorial Team · 19 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Cameroon at 4% as price pressures stay contained

CBAN Editorial Team · 18 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: DR Congo at 12% as price pressures moderate

CBAN Editorial Team · 17 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Uganda at 3.4% as price pressures stay contained

CBAN Editorial Team · 16 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Tanzania rises to 3.2%, keeping the BoT watchful

CBAN Editorial Team · 15 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Rwanda at 5% as price pressures stay contained

CBAN Editorial Team · 14 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Zambia at 6.5% as price pressures moderate

CBAN Editorial Team · 13 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Zimbabwe at 25.1% as price pressures moderate

CBAN Editorial Team · 12 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Botswana rises to 2.8%, keeping the BoB watchful

CBAN Editorial Team · 11 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Namibia at 3.9% as price pressures stay contained

CBAN Editorial Team · 10 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Mauritius at 3.6% as price pressures stay contained

CBAN Editorial Team · 9 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Angola at 14% as price pressures moderate

CBAN Editorial Team · 8 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Mozambique at 4% as price pressures stay contained

CBAN Editorial Team · 7 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Malawi at 27.3% as price pressures moderate

CBAN Editorial Team · 6 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

InflationExplainer

Inflation monitor: Seychelles at 1% as price pressures stay contained

CBAN Editorial Team · 5 Jun 2026 · 3 min read