Achimota School has welcomed its place on the new GH¢5 note, the only senior high school on Ghana's Heritage currency.

Published 13 Nov 2026, 14:11 GMT

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Back of the new GH¢5 note showing Achimota School — GH¢5 back: Achimota School and the Nea Onnim No Sua A, Ohu symbol

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In a joint statement, the Governing Board, management, staff and students, together with the Old Achimotan Association, said the school “warmly welcomes and celebrates” the recognition. “It is a moment of immense pride for the entire Achimota community,” the statement said.

The statement says the note shows the school’s Administration Block with its clock tower, on the reverse of the GH¢5 note.

The school counts five of the eight faces as its own: Aggrey; Akora Dr Kwame Nkrumah on the GH¢200 note; and Ephraim Amu, “a distinguished teacher at Achimota”, on the GH¢20.

Also claimed: old student Theodosia Okoh, designer of the national flag, on the GH¢50; and Annie Baeta-Jiagge, “the first woman in Ghana and the Commonwealth of Nations to become a judge”, on the GH¢10.

Achimota opened in 1927 as the Gold Coast’s first government co-educational boarding school, the school says; it was then called the Prince of Wales College and School. Governor Gordon Guggisberg, first principal A G Fraser and Aggrey founded it.

The honour arrives as the school counts down to its centenary; the statement says it “makes our upcoming Centenary even more meaningful.”

Governor Johnson Asiama gave the Heritage Series the theme “The Cedi, Our Future: Secure, Designed to Last” when he announced the series.

The notes enter circulation on December 1 alongside the old notes, which stay legal tender, as 3News explained.

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Achimota School is the only SHS on Ghana&#39;s new Heritage cedi notes

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