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Archive · December 2025

December 2025: archive

The 2 archive entries on developments from December 2025.

GH · LEGISLATION

Ghana enacts its VASP Act, the third African market to legislate on crypto in 2025

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.

30 December 2025 · Legislation · Crypto & digital assets
ZA · ENFORCEMENT

Information Regulator takes the matric results fight to the Supreme Court of Appeal

The Information Regulator sought leave to appeal a North Gauteng High Court ruling that allowed the Department of Basic Education to publish the 2025 matric results in newspapers despite the Regulator's enforcement notice prohibiting it.

30 December 2025 · Enforcement