Africa

The Bank of Jamaica has partnered with an Ireland-based tech firm for its central bank digital currency project scheduled to...

A group of researchers writing for the Bank of International Settlements released a paper last week that explores the implications...

Among the countries looking at central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is Jamaica, CoinDesk reported. Nigel Clarke, Jamaica’s minister of finance,...

Jamaica is planning to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in 2022. While giving the annual National Budget Debate...

Morocco’s Central Bank, Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM), has set up an institutional committee to identify and analyse the benefits and risks...

The central bank of Morocco has reportedly set up a committee to explore the merits and the risks of a...

EMTECH, a first-of-its-kind fintech for central banks,with a presence in Africa, has partnered with the Central Bank of Ghana to...

According to a news release from Moroccan media, the North African state’s apex bank is exploring the idea of a...

Today Hedera Hashgraph announced that Standard Bank is adopting its public permissioned distributed ledger technology (DLT) network. The bank will also join the governing...

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Richard Byles, says plans are advanced to develop and implement the use of a Central...