kwacha
Noun
Meaning
the basic unit of money in Malawi
the basic unit of money in Zambia
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Examples
Although the old 20 kwacha note was still in circulation until 2012, such is the rarity of this note that most major retailers rounded prices up to the nearest 50 kwacha when calculating a total.
A 32 year old woman of Ndola’s Kabushi Township has allegedly been assaulted by her husband over a six hundred and fifty kwacha debt he owes her.
Google convert function Coins A one kwacha coin from 1992 The first coins introduced in 1971 were in denominations of one, two, five, ten and twenty tambala.
However these economic challenges, in particular the depreciating kwacha, have been attributed to the global fall of and depressed commodity prices.
In 1986, fifty tambala and one kwacha coins were also introduced.
Inflation held at 32% in 2000; consequently, the kwacha lost the same value against the dollar over the same period.