Advice on opening foreign currency account - Ecobank vs Barclays

We have a foreign currency account at ecobank and do not pay any fees for that account. Not sure about Barclays but my husband doesn't think there are any fees there either.

Thank you, HKann for the info! Really, are there no fees at Ecobank...even for salary deposits?

I just stopped into a Barclays branch to pick up an application form, and they said a US$ foreign currency account would have a flat 5 US$ fee per month. That does seem to line up approximately with the 15 GHC fee listed in the Barclays GH tariff guide link in my original post.

Barclays also said I needed a copy of my residence permit, which I don't yet have since I just arrived. Will Ecobank and others require this too?

Please  can I ask how is a foreign currency account. I just have a local currency one. What means to get the other?

Yes, you will need a resident's permit and possibly a non-resident's ID card.
I just applied for a foreign currency account.

I have resident permit and all, my question is what kind of benefit are for a foreign currency account?

I suppose it depends on whether you receive money from abroad. Keeping foreign currency means you can change it when the exchange rate is favourable and it also doesn't usually depreciate like the cedi