Ghana’s Central Bank Confirms It’s Still Looking to Pilot a Digital Currency

[Nostoman]

The Bank of Ghana’s first deputy governor says the institution remains committed to piloting a central bank digital currency.
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) remains committed to piloting a central bank digital currency (CBDC), the bank’s first deputy governor has said.

Dr. Maxwell Opoku-Afari made the comment during a virtual stakeholder workshop on payment systems and services, according to a report from GhanaWeb on June 8.

This spring, the central bank established a Fintech and Innovation Office to foster development in the local industry, and has in recent years adapted its organizational structure to respond to major changes in the payments sector.

Notwithstanding these approaches to encouraging electronic cash transactions, Opoku-Afari emphasized that the bank’s specific CBDC pilot plans remain on solid ground.
Source and more info: https://cointelegraph.com/news/ghanas-central-bank-confirms-its-still-looking-to-pilot-a-digital-currency

[Noverteno]

If already in the Government of Ghana they saw the advantage of using their national digitized currencies, then the leading world states should pay special attention to the advantages of using their digitized currencies in both domestic and foreign circulation. Now the spread of coronavirus will significantly accelerate this process.