Notes to the group financial statements l Note 7.6

7.6 Exchange rates to South African rand
 
      Closing rates   Average rates  
      2017   2016   2017   2016  
United States dollar US$   0,08   0,07   0,07   0,07  
Uganda shilling UGX   293,68   261,73   270,09   232,52  
Rwanda franc RWF   68,34   59,15   61,68   53,10  
Cameroon Communauté Financière Africaine franc   XAF     44,44     45,34     44,06     40,23  
Nigerian naira NGN   29,05   22,81   24,61   18,28  
Iranian rial IRR   2 893,16   2 355,36   2 493,01   2 119,83  
Botswana pula BWP   0,80   0,78   0,78   0,75  
Côte d’Ivoire Communauté Financière Africaine franc   CFA     45,50     45,56     43,92     40,55  
Congo-Brazzaville Communauté Financière Africaine franc   XAF     44,44     45,56     44,11     40,30  
Zambian kwacha ZMK   0,81   0,72   0,71   0,70  
Swaziland lilangeni E   1,00   1,00   1,00   1,00  
Afghanistan afghani AFN   5,62   4,87   5,08   4,66  
Euro EUR   0,07   0,07   0,07   0,06  
Ghanaian cedi GHS   0,36   0,31   0,33   0,27  
Benin Communauté Financière Africaine franc   XOF     45,50     45,56     44,97     40,17  
Guinean franc GNF   726,65   667,63   680,92   626,24  
Sudanese pound SDG   1,61   0,48   0,55   0,43  
Syrian pound1 SYP   35,18   37,71   37,76   32,41  
Guinea-Bissau Communauté Financière Africaine franc   XOF     45,50     45,56     43,96     40,96  
Yemen rial YER   31,71   18,25   20,51   16,17  
Ethiopian birr ETB   2,20   1,60   1,74   1,47  
South Sudanese pound1 SSP   10,51   6,19   8,98   2,62  
1 The financial results, positions and cash flows of foreign operations trading in hyperinflationary economies are translated as set out in note 1.3.2.

Subsidiaries operating in dual exchange rate economies

Following a review of the liquidity and sustainability of quoted exchange rates introduced in Nigeria and Sudan, the group changed the rates applicable to the relevant transactions and balances as well as the translation of the results, cash flows and financial position of these operations in the last quarter of 2017.

In MTN Nigeria the group changed its reference rate from the Interbank rate to the Nigeria Autonomous Foreign Exchange (NAFEX) rate and in MTN Sudan the group changed from the Central Bank rate to the Margin Resource Incentive rate.


Notes to the group financial statements l Note 7.6