Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Central Bank of Libya has said it will issue new currency notes on 17 February on the occasion of the celebration of the second anniversary of the revolution that toppled former leader Mouammar Kadhafi. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are the exchange rates for the Rwandan franc on Tuesday as published by the Rwandan Central Bank. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia’s Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda Monday launched the re-based Zambian kwacha, which comes into circulation 1 January 2013. Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana's national currency, the Pula, strengthened against the South African rand by 2.1 percent, according to Botswana's October financial statistics. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) – A reduction in the rate of value added tax (VAT) in the franc zone in Africa Full text...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh has launched an operation against dealing in foreign exchange, especially the United States dollar, whose sharp rise has been blamed for the hike in prices of basic commodities. Full text...

Abuija, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian federal government on Thursday night announced the suspension of the restructuring of the nation's currency, the Naira, including the introduction of the controversial N5,000 note by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A survey by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that 75.1 per cent of Nigerians are opposed to the currency restructuring by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), which will lead to the introduction of the 5,000 note as the country's highest currency denomination and the conversion of lesser bills to coins. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The rejection of the plan to introduce the 5,000 note (US$31) as Nigeria's highest currency denomination by a cross section of people in the country has continued to reverberate, as more groups protest the plan. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The apex Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said banks in the country cannot compel their customers to accept the 5,000 naira note when it is introduced, as it sought to play down the controversy generated by the planned introduction of the new currency note. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Unswayed by the widespread criticism of the plan by the apex Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to introduce the 5,000 naira note, the federal government has given the bank the green light to introduce the note. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The apex Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has dismissed the criticisms of its plan to introduce a 5,000 naira (US$31) currency note as the country's highest denomination, saying the criticisms had no basis in economics. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is to spend 40.3 billion naira (US$249 million) to produce new coins and naira notes, the local media reported Monday, as criticism trailed the planned introduction of the 5,000 naira note, which is the equivalent of about US$31. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced plans to introduce a new 5,000 naira note and change the existing structure of the nation’s currency from 2013, in order to encourage the usage of coins, curb inflationary pressures, enhance the quality of bank notes and promote the bank's cash-less policy. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Bank of Zambia (BOZ) has announced that the change over date for the rebased Zambian kwacha currency has been set as 1 January, 2013. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Nigerian currency, the Naira, against other major foreign currencies, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN). Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Nigerian currency, the Naira, against other major foreign currencies, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN). Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are the exchanges rates the Rwandan franc against major foreign currencies as published on Wednesday by the Central Bank of Rwanda. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are the exchange rates the Rwandan franc against the world's major currencies are released by the central bank on Wednesday Full text...

Moroni, Comoros (PANA) – Following are the latest exchange rates for Comoran franc as published here Thursday by the Comoran federal bank: Full text...

Moroni, Comoros (PANA) - Following are the exchange rates for the Comoran franc against some major foreign currencies, as published here Wednesday by the Federal Bank of Commerce (BFC) of Moroni. Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are the exchange rate of the CFA franc as announced on Tuesday by the Bank of Central African States (BEAC). Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Njuguna Ndungu, survived temporarily after a parliamentary debate on a report seeking his ouster from the institution for failing to stop the fall of the Shilling was halted Thursday. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Following are the latest exchange rates for the Zambian kwacha against foreign curremcies as released by the Bank of Zambia Tuesday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company (NSPMC) has said it prints, on a yearly basis, three billion naira currency notes to service the various components of the country’s economy, according to NSPMC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ehidiamen Okoyomon. Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the CFA as issued by the bank of Central African States (BEAC) here. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Central Bank of Mauritania has released a new note for the national currency, the Ouguiya. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania’s shilling has made an appreciable gain against major currencies traded here over the last two days, after hitting its lowest point ever at 1,850 units for the US dollar in October 2011. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A Libyan economist, Ahmed Abu Lesseyn, on Thursday urged the Central Bank of Libya (BCL) to reduce money supply to solve the liquidity crisis facing the country. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The following are the exchange rates of the Libyan dinar against major currencies in the world as published by the Central Bank of Libya on Wednesday. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya are as follows. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Following are the exchange rates of the Libyan dinar against other foreign currencies, according to the exchange rates bulletin issued Tuesday by the Central Bank of Libya (BCL): Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The following are the latest exchange rates of the Ghana cedi, as released on Wednesday by the Ghana Association of Bankers. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The following are the exchange rates for the Ghana cedi against major world currencies on Tuesday as released by the Ghana Association of Bankers. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Negotiations for the proposed East African Monetary Union involving the five member countries of the East African Community (EAC) have resumed in Entebbe, Uganda, with a senior official of the grouping saying the region would draw vital lessons from the Eurozone, as it moves towards its own single currency. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania’s currency, the shilling, has hit an all-time low at 1,750 units on average against the greenback, despite last week's intervention by the central bank to halt its slide. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the nigerian currency, the naira, against other major foreign currencies, as released by the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN). Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghanaian currency, cedi, on Wednesday lost against major currencies, reversing the gains it made Tuesday, according to the exchange rates released by the Ghana Association of Bankers. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghanaian currency, the Ghana cedi, on Tuesday slipped against the US dollar but appreciated against many other foreign currencies, including the pound sterling, Swiss franc, euro, South African rand and West African currencies. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghanaian currency, cedi, opened the week down on Monday, compared with other world currencies on Friday’s close, as the Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee began its monthly meeting. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghanaian currency, the cedi, ended mixed on Friday, holding its own against the US dollar, appreciating against the euro, Swiss franc and the South African rand but sliding against the pound sterling as the Government Statistician, Dr. Grace Bediako, warned that the slide in the value of the currency could affect inflation. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghanaian currency depreciated further against major foreign currencies on Thursday, as demand continued to put pressure on limited supply, according to the exchange rates issued by the Ghana Association of Bankers in Accra. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghanaian currency, Cedi, continued its slide against major foreign currencies on Wednesday although it held its own at the buying rate at the inter-bank level, according to the exchange rates issued by the Ghana Association of Bankers in Accra. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – The following are the latest exchange rates of the Rwandan franc against the world's major foreign currencies for Friday as issued in Kigali by the Central Bank of Rwanda. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Following are the exchange rates for the Nigerian currency, the naira, against other major foreign currencies, as released by the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) on Thursday. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has taken the unprecedented step of selling foreign currency directly to targeted sectors of the economy, mainly the oil-importing firms, in an effort to address the free fall of the local currency, the shilling. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – The following are the latest exchange rates of the Rwandan franc against the world's major major currencies as issued in Kigali by the National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) on Thursday. Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Authorities in Malawi have urged businesses not to raise commodity prices in the wake of a 10 per cent devaluation of the Malawi currency, the kwacha. Full text...