Money

Currency The **Ghana Cedi** **GH₵**: **GHS**) is the unit of [|currency] of [|Ghana]. The word "cedi" is derived from the [|Akan] word for [|cowry shell]. (Cowry shells were once used in Ghana as a form of currency.) The Ghana cedi was introduced on 3 July 2007 and is equal to 10,000 old cedis. It was the [|highest-valued currency unit] issued by sovereign countries in [|Africa] in 2007.