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West African digital asset policy coordination

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Regional efforts to coordinate digital asset policy in West Africa have progressed through a series of high-level summits. Following earlier initiatives in Dakar and Abidjan, Alliance Fintech UEMOA announced the Africa Blockchain & Crypto Conference (ABCC) for November 2026 in Cotonou, Benin. This upcoming event seeks to establish a coordinated operational agenda for the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), focusing on monetary sovereignty, stablecoins, and the security of financial infrastructures. In parallel, Accra, Ghana, the Digital Assets Summit Africa (DASA) 2026 was held in Accra, Ghana, bringing brought together over 1,000 participants, including central bank officials, investors, and technology founders. Under the theme ‘From Policy participants to Prosperity,’ the summit focused on discuss central bank regulations and the tokenization of real-world assets. assets under the theme ‘From Policy to Prosperity.’ A key major outcome of the Accra summit was a strategic initiative to integrate Francophone West African nations into bridge the broader continental digital asset movement. gap between Anglophone and Francophone Africa. Angela Akua Asante, Strategic Communications Advisor at Asante of the African Media Agency (AMA), (AMA) called for an end to the historic divide that often excludes excluding Francophone stakeholders from major Ghanaian technological gatherings in Ghana. To facilitate this, gatherings. Supported by the Togo-based Hyver Organization, AMA Ghana is working acting as a bilingual bridge to connect Anglophone hubs with French-speaking markets, including markets in Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, and Togo. Supported by the Togo-based Hyver Organization, this effort aims Togo to address Africa’s $74 billion regional trade finance deficit deficits. Furthering this regulatory momentum, the Securities and $7 billion in unrealized trade revenue in West Exchange Commission (SEC), Ghana, has announced the Africa through improved strategic communication Virtual Asset Summit (AVAS) 2026, scheduled for November 2–3 in Accra. Themed ‘Tokenisation: Africa’s Pathway Towards Building a Trusted, Inclusive and Innovative Virtual Asset Ecosystem,’ the summit aims to produce the ‘Accra Declaration.’ This framework intends to establish shared regulatory dialogue. principles for responsible virtual asset ecosystems across the continent. Director-General Dr. James Klutse Avedzi emphasized that growth must be supported by frameworks that protect investors, noting that Ghana currently utilizes the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act, 2025 (Act 1154) as its legal foundation.

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  1. 2026-10-04 23:55 UTC West African digital asset policy coordination
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  3. 2026-09-25 19:22 UTC West African digital asset policy coordination

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