Examples of kwanza in a Sentence
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The government had allocated 1.3 million kwanzas for the group, but that had not yet been paid.
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John Eligon Gulshan Khan, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2023
Between March 2018 and March 2019 (when the surveys for the index were conducted), the Angolan kwanza fell 49% versus the US dollar.
—Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa, 9 Aug. 2019
And that’s the root of Angola’s fall in the rankings: in Jan. 2018, the government ditched its currency peg to the dollar and essentially devalued its local kwanza currency.
—Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa, 9 Aug. 2019
Mr Lourenço has unpegged Angola’s currency, the kwanza, from the dollar, prompting it to fall by 27% since January.
—The Economist, 3 May 2018
Angola’s Eurobonds have outperformed those of most other emerging markets in the past few months, thanks in part to reforms under new President Joao Lourenco, including a devaluation of the kwanza.
—Bloomberg.com, 2 May 2018
Real estate and art are used to hedge against what many expect to be a precipitous decline in the kwanza.
—Henrique Almeida, Bloomberg.com, 14 Sep. 2017
João Lourenço, a former general who is favored to win Wednesday’s election, has promised to increase transparency as low oil prices have crippled government resources and the kwanza currency.
—Patricia Kowsmann, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2017
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John Eligon Gulshan Khan, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2023
Between March 2018 and March 2019 (when the surveys for the index were conducted), the Angolan kwanza fell 49% versus the US dollar.
—Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa, 9 Aug. 2019
And that’s the root of Angola’s fall in the rankings: in Jan. 2018, the government ditched its currency peg to the dollar and essentially devalued its local kwanza currency.
—Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa, 9 Aug. 2019
Mr Lourenço has unpegged Angola’s currency, the kwanza, from the dollar, prompting it to fall by 27% since January.
—The Economist, 3 May 2018
Angola’s Eurobonds have outperformed those of most other emerging markets in the past few months, thanks in part to reforms under new President Joao Lourenco, including a devaluation of the kwanza.
—Bloomberg.com, 2 May 2018
Real estate and art are used to hedge against what many expect to be a precipitous decline in the kwanza.
—Henrique Almeida, Bloomberg.com, 14 Sep. 2017
João Lourenço, a former general who is favored to win Wednesday’s election, has promised to increase transparency as low oil prices have crippled government resources and the kwanza currency.
—Patricia Kowsmann, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2017
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“Kwanza.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kwanza. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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