At the end of a simultaneous auction of Treasury assimilable bills (BAT) of 364 days as well as Treasury assimilable bonds (OAT) of 3 and 5 years organized on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 on the UMOA financial market, Ivory Coast raised an amount of 66 billion CFA francs (118.8 million dollars).
The issuer, who was looking for 60 billion CFA francs, was offered a total amount of 227.895 billion CFA francs by investors, representing a coverage rate of 379.83% of the amount put up for auction.
Out of the total amount of submissions, the Ivorian Public Treasury retained 66 billion CFA francs and rejected the remaining 161.895 billion CFA francs, representing an absorption rate of 28.96%.
The weighted average yield is 4.22% for BAT, 5.60% for OAT of 3 years and 7.13% for those of 5 years.
The payment for BAT will be made on the first working day following the maturity date set for April 20, 2027. As for the payment of interest, it will be made in advance and precomputed on the face value of these bonds, which is one million CFA francs.
The repayment of the capital of OAT is scheduled for the first working day following the maturity date set for April 22, 2029 for securities with a maturity of 3 years and April 22, 2031 for those of 5 years. Interest payments will be made annually at a rate of 5.20% for OAT of 3 years and 5.45% for those of 5 years, starting from the end of the first year.
The total amount of public securities issued by Ivory Coast as of April 20, 2026 amounts to 2,169 billion CFA francs, representing 43.86% of the total issuances made by the 8 member countries of the UMOA, which is 4,945 billion CFA francs. The amount of capital repaid by Abidjan amounts to 1,085 billion CFA francs and the amount of interest paid is 80 billion CFA francs.
