Ghana and Zambia collaborate to consolidate digital economy gains

This was enacted after a high-level Zambian delegation visited Ghana to study the country’s successes in digital economy.

Facilitated by the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the Zambian delegation visit was to learn best practices and better understand how Ghana’s digital financial services providers and utility providers have successfully rolled out digitalized payments for utilities that have transformed Ghana’s economic landscape.

Addressing the delegation, Mr Charles Abani, the UN Resident Coordinator in Ghana, said such exchanges help to explore new ideas and impact it to the country, stressing that Africa must rise up and take its rightful place to development.

He said COVID-19 had taught the world about the importance of digitization and the need to maximize its benefits, and commended Ghana for its digitization agenda.

He said the UN had allocated huge sums of money for countries to apply for the fund to help in the recovery plan of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Madam Arianna Gaspari, Financial Inclusion Speciality, UNCDF, said about 7,258 youth have been supported through different business performance and credit scoring tools.

She stated that 430 vulnerable entrepreneurs have accessed loans for a value of almost 400,000 dollars through the innovative crowdlending platforms and mobilized 12,000 dollars on formal digital savings accounts from remote areas since March 2021.

The Zambian delegation was made of representatives of mobile network operators, banks, government ministries and regulators such as MTN Zambia, Airtel Money Zambia, Bank of Zambia, Zanaco, Ministries of Finance, as well as the Energy and Water Development.