🇨🇳 CNY to 🇦🇴 AOA — Chinese Yuan (RMB) to Angolan Kwanza (Kz) Rate Today
Live indicative interbank rate. Last refreshed 25 Jun 2026 00:00:05 UTC.
Convert Chinese Yuan to Angolan Kwanza using the live indicative interbank rate and the converter below. Covers the cost of sending to Angola via the major mobile money apps.
CNY to AOA rate change
Rate tracking started 24 June 2026. Longer windows fill in as history grows.
Change in the CNY→AOA rate. + means the Angolan Kwanza weakened against the Chinese Yuan; − means it strengthened.
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CNY → AOA conversion table
| CNY | AOA |
|---|---|
| 1 | 142.91 |
| 5 | 714.55 |
| 10 | 1,429.10 |
| 20 | 2,858.20 |
| 50 | 7,145.50 |
| 100 | 14,291.00 |
| 200 | 28,582.00 |
| 500 | 71,455.00 |
| 1,000 | 142,910.00 |
| 2,000 | 285,820.00 |
| 5,000 | 714,550.00 |
| 10,000 | 1,429,100.00 |
Table computed at the indicative rate of 1 CNY = 142.91 AOA. Real operator-side values include a 1%-4% spread.
Chinese Yuan to Angolan Kwanza exchange rate history
What moves the Angolan Kwanza rate
The Angolan kwanza moves with crude oil, which dominates export earnings and governs how many dollars circulate in the economy. When the oil cycle turns, dollar liquidity tightens and the currency feels the strain almost immediately. Central-bank reserves and the scale of import demand also bear on the exchange-rate balance. To anticipate the kwanza, the decisive factors are crude prices, exported volumes and the dollar cash flow they generate, together with how far the authorities can defend the currency against steady import needs. This oil-and-dollar cycle, more than any other single force, sets the rhythm for where the kwanza trades.
Converting and sending the Angolan Kwanza: what to know
The kwanza carries a real history of a parallel or street-market gap and of sharp devaluations, so the official rate has not always matched what people actually trade at. It was allowed to float more freely from 2018, easing some distortions. For anyone converting, the practical constraint is dollar availability rather than the headline rate: when hard currency is scarce, access tightens and street rates diverge. Senders and receivers should check current conditions, avoid assuming the official quote is obtainable, and treat dollar liquidity as the key factor shaping any real-world conversion.
About the Chinese Yuan
The Chinese Yuan (CNY, ¥) is the unit of the broader Renminbi currency system, issued by the People's Bank of China since 1948. The two names sometimes confuse newcomers: Renminbi (literally "people's currency") refers to the currency as a system, while yuan is the unit in which prices are quoted — both terms describe the same money. Two ISO codes circulate: CNY for the onshore mainland-traded yuan and CNH for the offshore yuan traded primarily in Hong Kong, which sometimes diverges modestly from the onshore rate. The PBOC operates a managed-float regime: a daily mid-point is set against the dollar and the market is permitted to trade within a roughly 2% band around it. For Africa, the yuan has become one of the most strategically important non-G3 currencies. China-Africa bilateral trade reached approximately $348 billion in 2025, up around 17% year-on-year, with Nigeria, South Africa, Angola, Egypt and Kenya as the largest counterparties. In April 2026, Ecobank confirmed negotiations with the Bank of China to launch direct local-currency-to-yuan settlement across its 35 African markets, signalling a structural move away from US-dollar intermediation for African importers paying Chinese suppliers. Note that the ¥ symbol is shared with the Japanese yen — context matters when reading a number.
About the Angolan Kwanza
The kwanza, Angola's national currency, is issued by the Banco Nacional de Angola and divides into 100 cêntimos. Its fortunes are tied tightly to crude oil, since Angola ranks among Africa's largest producers and the petroleum sector supplies most of the government's hard-currency earnings. When oil prices slide or dollar liquidity tightens, the kwanza has tended to depreciate sharply, and the country has lived through several pronounced devaluations as it adjusted to swinging export revenue. That dependence makes the unit one of the continent's more volatile, with its value closely shadowing the oil-and-dollar cycle.
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Rates shown on this page are indicative interbank reference rates updated daily. Operator send rates typically include a 1%-4% spread above this reference, which covers FX hedging cost, settlement risk and commercial margin. For exact send rates via M-Pesa, MTN MoMo, Sendwave, LemFi, WorldRemit, Wise or TapTap Send to Angola, see the inbound transfer comparison.