If the cedi-to-dollar exchange rate is maintained, fuel prices are unlikely to exceed 15 cedis - Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe #UTVGhana | UTV Ghana

History of the Ghanaian Cedi Read more: https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/Take-a-look-at-all-the-cedi-notes-since-independence-2006994 #ghanaweb #ghanawebtv Part 1 | GhanaWeb

Today in History, on 19 July, 1965. Cedi notes and Pesewa coins were introduced to replace the Ghana pounds, shillings and pence. The cedi was equivalent to eight shillings and four pence (8s 4d) and bore the portrait of the then President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. The name “cedi” was derived from the word “sedie” meaning cowrie, a shell money which gained popularity and wider circulation in the later part of the 19th Century. The “Pesewa” represented the smallest denomination (quantity) of the gold-d