In a keynote address, Dr Maxwell Opoku-Afari, First Deputy of the BoG, discussed the Payment Systems and Services Act. Among others, he said that the bank is actively working on establishing a sandbox to promote innovation in the market, and test concepts such as a central bank digital currency.

In a keynote address at the 23rd annual banking conference of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, in Accra the Governor of the Ghanaian central bank, Dr Ernest Addison said that the bank is in discussion with stakeholders to explore a pilot project (in a sandbox) on central bank digital currency, with the possibility of issuing an e-cedi in the near future.