Posts Tagged ‘#GhanasDigitalEconomy’

The past year has been a year of forward-looking initiatives for Ghana’s digital infrastructure. The use of mobile money, door-to-door delivery via courier services, and internet usage for business operations have increased significantly with about 77% of businesses increasing their use of digital marketing. The Government has adopted digitization as a key policy objective and…

On 11 August, the Bank of Ghana announced that it had partnered with Giesecke+Devrient to pilot a retail CBDC in Ghana. The Bank of Ghana confirmed that the digital currency – the e-cedi – is intended to complement and serve as a digital alternative to physical cash. During the pilot phase, the e-cedi will be…