Cement · 50 kg bag
Bangui / Douala, CFA francs per bag
Benchmark: official price in Bangui 9,500 CFA francs
Watch: compliance with the official price; entry of new suppliers
Values as at 30 September 2026
Values are those of Parts I to III of the Review and are updated with each issue.

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Values as at 30 September 2026. Bars start at zero.
observed valuecomparison benchmark
Bangui / Douala, CFA francs per bag
Benchmark: official price in Bangui 9,500 CFA francs
Watch: compliance with the official price; entry of new suppliers
at 30 September, calculated from the EUR/CFA franc peg
Benchmark: 548.01 on 27 Jan; 565.36 on 15 Jun
Watch: EUR/USD rate (fixed CFA franc/euro peg)
close on 30 September
Peak near 109 in early September
Watch: reopening of the Strait of Hormuz
of donors’ GNI, 2025
Down 23.1% in real terms, a record fall
Watch: final OECD figures (December 2026)
Cameroon, January 2026 Eurobond; Congo-Brazzaville, February 2026
Watch: new issuance; CDS spreads
Sources: Sankofa Advisory (field observation, June 2026), OECD, Bloomberg, press and official sources; Sankofa calculations.
Full references in the appendices of the Review.
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