Oct-1-2019
Uganda – Irregularities in the Bank of Uganda.
Bank of Uganda (BoU) has transferred several staff at its currency centres around the the country a as a measure...
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Oct-1-2019
Kenya – Court decides Kenyatta’s monument OK on banknote of 1,000 shillings.
The High Court dismissed the lawsuit filed to declare the new 1,000 shillings banknote (KES1,000.3) in violation of the Constitutional...
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Sep-29-2019
Kenya – Comments on demonetization of old 1,000 shilling banknotes.
Paul Mafula writes today in The Nation that while the demonetization of the old 1,000 shilling banknotes (KES1,000.1 and KES1,000.2)...
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Sep-24-2019
Liberia – Banknote situation.
Samuel Tweah, Finance and Development Planning Minister, urged lawmakers to approve the printing of new banknotes to completely replace the...
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Sep-20-2019
Kenya – Ten days to use or redeem old 1,000 shilling notes.
If the Central Bank of Kenya does not extend it, September 30 is the last day to redeem the old...
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Sep-17-2019
Liberia – New banknote of 1,000 dollars recommended.
The Senate Committee on Banking and Currency has recommended that the Plenary of the Senate endorses the request from the...
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Sep-15-2019
Kenya – No extension for old 1,000 shillings banknotes.
Patrick Njoroge, Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, has said yesterday the there will be no extension for the...
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Sep-13-2019
Liberia: Government announces new banknotes.
Lenn Eugene Nagbe, Liberia’s Information Minister, Informed yesterday that the government plans to issue new banknotes to replace the current...
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Sep-13-2019
Zimbabwe: Fresh Bond notes in the market.
At a time when banks are short of actual cash, illegal money changers have stacks of 5 Bond dollar notes,...
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Sep-12-2019
Nigeria – Clean note policy.
The Central Bank of Nigeria has established a “Clean note policy” in April of this year. This policy states that:...
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Sep-10-2019
Gambia – New banknote of 200 dalasis is in circulation.
The denomination of 200 dalasis (GMD200.2) appears to be in circulation, as sets are been offered that include it. ...
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Aug-23-2019
Gambia
These are the pictures of the new family of notes recently issued. The denomination of 200 dalasis has not...
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Aug-22-2019
Zimbabwe: No hurry to issue new banknotes.
Contrary to what members of Government declared days ago, on Tuesday Professor Mthuli Ncube, Finance and Economic Development Minister, declared...
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Aug-22-2019
Morocco – New polymer commemorative banknote.
Bank Al-Maghrib will issue in September a new polymer banknote of 20 dinars (MAD20.4) commemorative of the 20th Anniversary of...
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Aug-16-2019
Kenya – Supreme Court Judges to decide legality of 1,000 Shillings new banknote.
Supreme Court judges visited yesterday the statue of Jomo Kenyatta located in the KICC in Nairobi, to determine whether its...
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Aug-12-2019
Zimbabwe – U.S. dollars widely used.
The webpage 263.chat.com reports that many businesses still quote their prices in U.S. dollars, in spite of the recent government...
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Aug-10-2019
Ghana – Comedian claims that Bank of Ghana is destroying new banknotes.
Comedian Kwame Asare Obeng, known as “A Plus”, claims that Bank of Ghana is actively destroying banknotes printed under the previous...
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Aug-6-2019
The Gambia – New family of banknotes.
Bakary Jammeh. Governor of the Central Bank of The Gambia, presented yesterday to President Adams Barrow the banknotes of the...
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Aug-4-2019
Zimbabwe – New currency is being printed.
Emerson Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe, said a few days ago that his government will soon unveil new notes and coins...
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Jul-28-2019
Central African Monetary and Economic Community – New foreign currency export rules.
Effective 1 March 2019 the foreign...
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Jul-28-2019
Zimbabwe – Reserve Bank to print more “bond” notes.
John Mangudya, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, announced on June 26 that the bank will issue an extra...
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Jul-15-2019
Sudan – About the new 1,000 pounds banknote.
Through private enquiries we have found that the new banknote of 1,000 Sudanese pounds (SDG1,000.1) is not yet in. circulation. ...
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Jul-15-2019
Kenya – Scarcity of new notes reported.
Commercial banks in Kenya are experiencing a scarcity of banknotes of the new family. Banks are reissuing older notes, which...
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Jul-1-2019
Ecowas: Common currency to be called “eco”.
ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, agreed in the summit that took place last Saturday in Abuja, Nigeria,...
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Jun-28-2019
Kenya – New banknote sizes.
These are the sizes of the banknotes of the new family issued on 3 May 31: 50 shillings (KES50.6) ...
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Jun-27-2019
Uganda – Irregularities in currency shipment.
In the shipment of banknotes arriving to Entebbe on April 27 there were discrepancies in the quantity of pallets of...
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Jun-26-2019
Zimbabwe – Foreign currency no longer legal tender.
The government has declared the RTGS dollars the only legal tender in Zimbabwe, as of Monday. Foreign currency in only...
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Jun-25-2019
Sudan – New Banknote.
The Central Bank of Sudan issued a new banknote of 1,000 Sudanese pounds (SDG1,000.1). Source: https:images.app.goo.gl Courtesy: Cleophas Schockem. Click...
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Jun-12-2019
Kenya – Banks are required to provided CBK with weekly banknote redemption reports.
The Central Bank of Kenya has issued a circular addressed to all banks, in which it requires them to report...
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Jun-11-2019
Zimbabwe – President Mnangagwa promises new currency.
Emmerson Mnangwa, President of Zimbabwe, promised on June 7 that he will introduce a new national currency, ten years after...
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Jun-11-2019
Kenya – Rules for the exchange of old 1,000 shilling notes.
THESE BANKNOTES REMAIN IN CIRCULATION UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER 2019. The Central Bank of Kenya established rules for the exchange...
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Jun-11-2019
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda – Repatriation of Kenyan currency suspended.
The Central Bank of Kenya has suspended the repatriation of Kenyan currency, as part of the process of demonetizing...
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Jun-4-2019
Kenya – Status of old KES 1,000 banknote
According to unconfirmed reports it is most likely that the old 1,000 shilling banknotes (KES1,000.1A/B/C and KES1,000.2A/B/C) will become...
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Jun-1-2019
The Gambia – New banknotes to be issued soon.
Bakary K. Jammeh, Governor of the Central nk of The Gambia, announced today that within two or three months completely...
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Jun-1-2019
Kenya – “New generation” notes issued. Older 1,000 shilling notes withdrawn from circulation.
The Central Bank of Kenya has issued yesterday May 31st its long awaited “New generation” banknotes, without portraits,...
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May-30-2019
Sao Tome and Principe – Defective banknote.
The Banco Central de São Tomé e Principe has found the new banknotes of 200 dobras (STN200.1) to be defective,...
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May-27-2019
Morocco – Commemorative non-monetary note.
The Moroccan fiscal printer Dar As-Sikkah has produced a non-monetary note to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of Bank al-Maghrib, the...
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May-27-2019
Morocco – Language controversy.
The project of the new law about the Bank Al Maghrib contemplates adding the Amazigh, the language of the Berbers,...
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May-24-2019
Older U.S. $100 notes hard to change in Africa.
Notwithstanding the fact that all USD100 banknotes are legal tender, in many African countries only those dated 2013 are accepted. Older...
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May-6-2019
Sudan – New banknote
The Central Bank of Sudan has recently issued new banknotes of 500 pounds (SDG500.1). Courtesy: Claudio Marana. Click...
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May-3-2019
Burundi – Improved banknotes.
The Banque de la République du Burundi has announced yesterday that it has issued new banknotes of 500 (BIF500.6B), 2,000...
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Apr-22-2019
Somalia – New Governor for the Central Bank.
Newly appointed Central Bank governor Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Sunday took office amid great expectations as the country seeks funding to...
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Apr-12-2019
Ghana – Details of new improved banknotes.
These are the pictures of the improved banknotes will be issued May 6: 1 (NEW) CEDI (GHS1.2) 5 (NEW)...
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Apr-11-2019
Ghana – Security features of the new banknotes.
Esi Hammond, Head of Communications of Bank of Ghana, has announced some of the security features that will be used...
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Apr-11-2019
Sudan
Hussein Jungul, Governor of the Central Bank of Sudan, announced that a new banknote of 1,000 Sudanese pounds (SDG1,000.1) will...
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Apr-8-2019
Ghana – New upgraded banknotes.
Bank of Ghana announced today that in May 6, 2019 it will issue upgraded banknotes. According to the press release...
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Mar-30-2019
Madagascar – Older notes soon to be withdrawn.
Alain Rasolofondraibe, Governor of the Bank Foiben’i Madagasikara, declared that only 35% of the older banknotes of the 2003-04...
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Mar-18-2019
Sudan – Old 50 pounds note to be eventually withdrawn.
Hussein Junghi, new director of the Central Bank of Sudan, declared that the old banknotes of 50 pounds (SDG50.2) will...
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Mar-15-2019
Sudan – New currency import-export rules.
Marshal Omer Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir, President of Sudan, issued today several Emergency Orders, among them Emergency Order Nbr 3. This Emergency...
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Mar-15-2019
Sudan – Specifications of the new banknotes of 100 and 200 Sudanese pounds.
The Central Bank of Sudan has published the specifications of its new banknotes of 100 (SDG100.1) and 200 Sudanese pounds...
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Mar-14-2019
Somalia – It seeks experts to replace old currency.
The Somali government is seeking the services of a Kenyan based currency expert seconded by the IMF to issue a...