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Ghana: Central Bank Digital Currency to Promote Financial Inclusion – BoG
The introduction of the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) will promote financial inclusion and build the digital payment industry, the Assistant Director, Fintech ...
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Ghana: We haven’t banned dollar account – BoG
The Bank of Ghana has dismissed reports that it has banned the opening of dollar accounts. In a public notice, the Central Bank ...
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Ghana: Fitch further downgrades Ghana to ‘CCC’
Fitch Ratings has further downgraded Ghana’s long-term foreign-currency (LTFC) issuer default rating (IDR) to ‘CCC’ from ‘B-‘. The downgrade comes on the back of ...
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Ghana: Ghana’s Float Acquires Nigeria’s Accounteer to Enhance Accounting Practices for SMEs
Ghana-based, Float, focused on helping businesses manage cashflow, has acquired Accounteer, a Nigerian cloud-based accounting company. The deal, which follows Float’s $17 million ...
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Ghana: eCedi will serve as fulcrum to digital financial inclusion – BoG
The Assistant Director-Fintech Promotion and Innovation at the Bank of Ghana, Clarence Blay, says the central bank’s digital currency (the eCedi) will serve as ...
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Ghana: BoG to purchase gold from local companies from September 1
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed that the government would begin the purchase of gold from local gold mining companies from September 1, 2022. This ...
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Africa fintech and crypto leaders to connect at the Africa Money and DeFi Summit in Ghana this September
As the rapid growth of fintech continues and the birth of decentralised finance (DeFi) grows across Africa, leading fintechs, investors, crypto platforms, ventures and ...
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Ghana: Ghana Doubles IMF Funding Goal to $3 Billion in Three Years
Ghana’s government is in talks over a loan of about $3 billion from the International Monetary Fund, according to two people familiar with ...
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Ghana: Gov’t sets 85% financial inclusion target by 2024
Government aims to improve the financial capability levels of Ghanaians, and subsequently improve Ghana’s financial inclusion levels from the current 58 percent to ...
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Ghana: Cedi maintains rank as worst performing currency in Africa
The Ghana cedi is still the worst performing currency among African currencies with the “Worst Spot Returns,” according to Bloomberg. The cedi recorded ...
