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Forward Titans Triumph in the Bank of Ghana’s CBDC Hackathon

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) recently marked the completion of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) hackathon, a significant milestone in the development of its digital currency, the eCedi. The hackathon, a collaborative effort involving various stakeholders, was focused on creating innovative solutions for the eCedi using Hedera’s public Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and EMTECH’s […]

Payments Canada Summit: Ghana’s eCedi pilot

Source: Finextra In 2022 Ghana began piloting a retail central bank digital currency, exploring both an online and an offline version of the so-called eCedi. The Bank of Ghana’s Maxwell Opoku-Afari ran through the findings at last week’s Payments Canada Summit. Ghana has been aggressively pursuing a financial sector digitisation programme for several years as […]

Central bank digital currencies: a new tool in the financial inclusion toolkit?

Bank of Ghana Releases Design Paper of the Digital Cedi (eCedi)

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Whilst most CBDC experiments have involved private sector technology providers, the overwhelming majority of these experiments, to date, have not involved participation from other private sector actors. The Digital Pound Foundation is unique in proposing a model whereby the public and private sectors can fully engage in the design, development and adoption of a digital Pound, thus contributing to its successful roll-out and helping drive forward the UK’s transition to a digital economy.

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