Africa

• Dec-4-2018

  Mauritius – New banknotes, withdrawal of old ones.

    The Bank of Mauritius will issue tomorrow December 5 an improved polymer note of 2,000 rupees (MUR2,000.3) to replace...

• Nov-29-2018

  Kenya – New banknotes.

  It seems that finally the Court of Appeals opened the way for the Central Bank of Kenya to have new...

• Nov-24-2018

  Algeria – New banknotes.

  New details were made available about the new banknotes of 500 (DZD500.3) and 1,000 dinars (DZD1,000.4). The new notes will...

• Nov-18-2018

  Algeria – New banknotes

  Mohamed Loukal, Governor of the Central Bank of Algeria, has informed that it will very soon issue new banknotes of...

• Nov-16-2018

  Libya (East) – No new banknotes.

  Ali Al-Habri, governor of the parallel Central Bank of Libya in Al-Bayda, Eastern Libya, has denied that the Bank has...

• Nov-9-2018

  Guinea (Conakry) – New banknotes

  Lounceny Nabé, Governor of the Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée, has announced today that new improved smaller sized...

• Nov-9-2018

  Zambia – New banknotes details.

  Bank of Zambia has published a brochure with the details of the improvements on the notes issued this year. The...

• Nov-7-2018

  Zambia – Improved new banknotes.

  Nelly Phiri, Bank of Zambia’s Assistant Manager, Talent and Resourcing, informed that improved banknotes of 10 (ZMW10.3), 20 (ZMW20.4), 50...

• Nov-6-2018

  ECOWAS – Single currency project progress.

  The Economic Community of West African States has launched a competition to name and design a new single currency, which...

• Oct-28-2018

  Zimbabwe – Reserve Bank cautions about dealing in obsolete currency.

    Dr. John Mangudya, governor of the Reserve Bank Of Zimbabwe, commented on the trade in demonetized Zimbabwean banknotes, and...

• Oct-24-2018

  Sudan – New banknotes

  Mohamed Khair Al-Zobair, governor of the Central Bank of Sudan, announced yesterday that new banknotes of 100 (SDG100.1). 200 (SDG200.1)...

• Oct-13-2018

  Kenya – De La Rue tender restored.

  A three judge Appeals Court panel restored the De La Rue bid for the printing of new notes, which was...

• Sep-20-2018

  Zimbabwe – Return of the Zimdollar.

  On September 10 the new Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube declared that he would like to see the restauration of the...

• Sep-20-2018

  Liberia – Millions of banknotes disappear

  Several containers with around 100 million mint banknotes have disappeared after arriving to Monrovia. The government is investigating the matter,...

• Sep-12-2018

  Algeria – New banknotes

  Mohamed Loukal, governor of the Banque Centrale d’Algérie, has declared that it plans to issue soon new coins of 100...