Ghana

Digital asset adoption, CBDC efforts, new laws and more: Africa’s 2022 in review
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4 January, 2023

Digital asset adoption, CBDC efforts, new laws and more: Africa’s 2022 in review

Morocco lifted the ban on digital assets, Kenya is now taxing Bitcoin, Nigeria drafted its first law recognizing Bitcoin, Zambia...
Ghana’s central bank backs CBDCs for financial inclusion
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5 October, 2022

Ghana’s central bank backs CBDCs for financial inclusion

In a recent interview, the head of fintech at the Bank of Ghana backed state bank-backed digital currencies, saying that...
Solving for Financial Literacy in digital assets
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2 September, 2022

Solving for Financial Literacy in digital assets

Jefferson Noel delves into the importance of financial literacy amid growing interest in digital assets and seeks to help common...
Zambia exploring CBDC, but warns against digital currencies: report
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13 February, 2022

Zambia exploring CBDC, but warns against digital currencies: report

The Zambian central bank has been conducting research on a central bank digital currency, an executive told Bloomberg, weeks after...
2021 year in review: Bitcoin comes of age in Africa
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31 December, 2021

2021 year in review: Bitcoin comes of age in Africa

2021 had it all in Africa for digital currencies—adoption soared by 1,200% as Kenya led global P2P trades, but there...
Ghana central bank partners with German firm for CBDC pilot test
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17 August, 2021

Ghana central bank partners with German firm for CBDC pilot test

The Bank of Ghana recently announced that it had partnered with a German firm for the design and implementation of...