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All 3 archive entries on Ghana, most recent first.
Africoin, a Rwanda-headquartered platform tokenising real-world assets, including cocoa, coffee, gold, silver and verified carbon credits, on Ethereum, was admitted to Ghana's SEC Virtual Asset Sandbox on 8 April 2026, among the first participants under the VASP Act 2025 (Act 1154).
At the launch of Ghana's 2026 Data Protection Week on 26 January, DPC Executive Director Arnold Kavaarpuo confirmed that full-scale enforcement under the Data Protection Act 2012 (Act 843) began in January 2026, with unregistered data controllers facing fines and possible imprisonment. The announcement follows more than a decade of registration drives and awareness campaigns.
Ghana's Virtual Asset Service Providers Act passed Parliament on 19 December 2025 and received presidential assent on 30 December, the third African market to pass major crypto-relevant legislation in 2025, after Nigeria's Investments and Securities Act 2025, which brought digital assets within securities regulation, and Kenya's standalone VASP Act 2025. The Bank of Ghana and SEC Ghana share the regulatory mandate under the Act, all virtual asset service providers must be licensed, and the law extends to Ghana's large informal crypto market.
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