Currency

Zimbabwe plans to launch digital currency backed by gold

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Nigeria pushes ahead with elections despite cash shortage

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Protests over cash shortage as Nigeria banknote switch looms

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Nigeria sees cash shortage amid push for redesigned currency

Nigeria’s push to replace the local currency notes with newly designed ones is creating an economic crisis, experts warned Monday, Jan. 30, 2023.
/ February 1, 2023

Experts raise concerns as Nigeria limits cash withdrawals

Analysts worry that with digital payments often unreliable in Nigeria, the initiative could hurt daily transactions.
/ December 10, 2022

Nigeria hopes new currency notes curb inflation, corruption

Nigeria on Wednesday launched newly designed currency notes in an effort to help curb inflation and money laundering.
/ November 25, 2022
Coins and dollars show the comparison of the euro to the dollar today

The euro to dollar decline: How it could impact U.S. consumers and travelers

TheGrio speaks with economy and travel experts to get a better of sense of how the euro to the dollar rate will impact Black U.S. consumers.
/ July 16, 2022
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Harriet Tubman on the $20? Raven-Symoné says no

theGRIO REPORT – Right on time, Raven. A whole bunch of people voted in an online poll for Harriet Tubman to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill…
/ May 14, 2015
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

South Africa bills to bear Nelson Mandela's image

JOHANNESBURG (AP) – The complete series of South African bank notes will bear Nelson Mandela’s image, the country’s president said Saturday on the 22nd anniversary of the anti-apartheid icon’s release from prison…
/ February 14, 2012