This paper discusses critical considerations in the design of central bank digital currency (CBDC) in West Africa through a comparative case study of Ghana’s (eCedi) and Nigeria’s (eNaira) design...
The African Startup Hub is a collection of resources being used by various startup support organisations that are supporting entrepreneurs on the continent. Instead of each building our own...
By Carmelle Cadet, CEO of EMTECH A growing number of countries and institutions proclaim climate change as a defining issue of our time. Intergovernmental agencies such as the UN...
Knowledge Innovations, a FinTech consultancy firm in conjunction with Ghana Fintech and payments Association is organizing the 3rd Cohort of Fintech and Innovation training course scheduled from 27th to...
Alipay, WeChatPay mobile payments dull appeal of central bank’s efforts Eight years after China first embarked on the path toward a digital yuan, the central bank’s pilot program for...
The Central Bank of Honduras has published a release that seeks to clarify the stance the institution takes about the use of cryptocurrencies in the country. The organization states...
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has concluded that it is not technically feasible for the government to release a central bank digital currency (CBDC) at the moment according to...
The International Fintech Congress IFC 2022 is scheduled to take place on November 11-13, 2022 in Marrakech, Morocco. This event is organized by the Morocco Fintech Association, Morocco, in...
The Algorand research team today publishes “Issuing Central Bank Digital Currency Using Algorand,” a new report capturing insights from more than a year of continued research into how CBDCs...
Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), Kenya’s apex bank, has instructed commercial banks in the country to stop dealing with Nigerian fintechs, Flutterwave Payment Technology and Chipper Technologies.The CBK gave...