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After independence, Ghana separated itself from the British West African pound, which was the currency of the British colonies in the region. The new republic's first independent currency was the Ghanaian pound (1958–1965). In 1965, Ghana decided to leave the British colonial monetary system and adopt the widely accepted decimal system.
The pound was the currency of Ghana between 1958 and 1965. It was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence. Until 1958, Ghana used the British West African pound, after which it issued its own currency. In 1965, Ghana introduced the first cedi at a rate of £1 = ₵2.40, i.e., ₵1 = 100d.
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To add to the woes of Ghanaians, their currency, the cedi, has lost 70% of its value in the past eight years. This forced Ghana to secure a $3bn (£2.4bn) bailout from the International Monetary ...
(Bloomberg) -- Africa’s second-most aggressive monetary authority after Zimbabwe is set to show Ghana’s resolve once again by raising interest rates at its final meeting of the year to boost ...
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Ghana's central bank kept its main interest rate unchanged at 19%, Governor Ernest Addison said on Monday, citing a deceleration of the rate of inflation and concerns over economic growth. The ...
The exchange rate is grossly more favourable to the seller of the foreign currency than is the official bank rate, but such trading is usually illegal. [ citation needed ] In many rural areas there is still a strong bartering culture, the exchanged items being of more immediate value than official currency (following the principle that one can ...