--- title: Afriwise Blog | Ghana (6) description: Ghana | (6) --- [![Afriwise](https://insights.afriwise.com/hubfs/Logos/Afriwise/Afriwise%20logo.svg)](https://afriwise.com/) - [Products](https://afriwise.com/law-products-africa/) - [Countries](https://afriwise.com/countries-covered/) - [About Afriwise](https://afriwise.com/about-afriwise/) - [Contact](https://afriwise.com/contact/) - [News](https://news.afriwise.com/) - [Insights](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog) [Schedule a demo](https://afriwise.com/contact/) [Log in](https://afriwise.com/login/) - [Products](https://afriwise.com/law-products-africa/) - [Countries](https://afriwise.com/countries-covered/) - [Solutions](https://afriwise.com/solutions/) - [About Afriwise](https://afriwise.com/about-afriwise/) - Insights - [Contact](https://afriwise.com/contact/) - [News](https://news.afriwise.com/) [Schedule a demo](https://afriwise.com/contact/) [Log in](https://afriwise.com/login/) # Welcome to Africa’s legal blog Never miss a beat on Africa's legal and regulatory landscape. - [Legislation (287)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) - [South Africa (227)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) - [Nigeria (157)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) - [Kenya (151)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) - [Financial Services (128)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/financial-services) - [ICT (106)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ict) - [Tanzania (102)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tanzania) - [Regulation (87)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/regulation) - [Corporate Commercial (84)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/corporate-commercial) - [Tax (84)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tax) - [Case discussion (78)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/case-discussion) - [Uganda (66)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/uganda) - [Intellectual Property (58)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/intellectual-property) - [Energy & Natural Resources (57)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/energy-natural-resources) - [Ghana (55)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ghana) - [Employment and labour (52)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/employment-and-labour) - [Data Protection (49)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/data-protection) - [Mozambique (49)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/mozambique) - [Commercial Crime (48)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/commercial-crime) - [Competition/Antitrust (48)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/competition-antitrust) - [Dispute Resolution (47)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/dispute-resolution) - [Mauritius (46)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/mauritius) - [Environment (44)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/environment) - [Zambia (38)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/zambia) - [Projects and Procurement (26)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/projects-and-procurement) [Ghana](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ghana) [Financial Services](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/financial-services) [Digital currency](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/digital-currency) [Koranteng & Koranteng](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/koranteng-koranteng) ## [Bank of Ghana adopts retail token-based digital currency](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/bank-of-ghana-adopts-retail-token-based-digital-currency) The Bank of Ghana has adopted a retail token-based central bank digital currency (CBDC) as the 'eCedi of choice', which enables the currency to be stored locally on a card, on a phone, or a smart device and can be passed on from one user to another. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/bank-of-ghana-adopts-retail-token-based-digital-currency) [Ghana](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ghana) [Lending and security](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/lending-and-security) [ENSafrica](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/ensafrica) ## [Ghana: Governing law and jurisdiction clauses in cross-border facility agreements](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/ghana-governing-law-and-jurisdiction-clauses-in-cross-border-facility-agreements) Local entities are increasingly relying on foreign banks for debt financing to meet the capital requirements of their business. In lending to local entities, foreign lenders consistently require a res.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/ghana-governing-law-and-jurisdiction-clauses-in-cross-border-facility-agreements) [Ghana](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ghana) [Financial Services](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/financial-services) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [ENSafrica](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/ensafrica) ## [Dispute resolution under Ghana’s Payment Systems Act](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/dispute-resolution-under-ghanas-payment-systems-act) Fintech and electronic payment systems have swept through the Ghanaian financial sector, bringing efficiency and access to consumers, as well as opportunity to service providers.   [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/dispute-resolution-under-ghanas-payment-systems-act) [Ghana](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ghana) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [N. Dowuona & Company](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/n.-dowuona-company) ## [Ghana's legislative year in review, 2021](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/ghanas-legislative-year-in-review-2021) This year saw the enactment of the following significant sector specific legislation: [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/ghanas-legislative-year-in-review-2021) [Ghana](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ghana) [Fintech](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/fintech) [CQ Legal](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/cq-legal) ## [Ghana FinTech Startup Economy](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/ghana-fintech-startup-economy) Technological disruption in the financial services sector has opened a new marketplace in Ghana to establish fintech companies. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/ghana-fintech-startup-economy) [Ghana](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ghana) [Energy](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/energy) [Oil & Gas](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/oil-gas) [M&A](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ma) [Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/bentsi-enchill-letsa-ankomah) ## [Mergers and Acquisitions considerations in Ghana’s upstream oil and gas industry](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/mergers-and-acquisitions-considerations-in-ghanas-upstream-oil-and-gas-industry) Ghana does not have a general competition or antitrust legislation. As a result, there is no general competition regulator that oversees merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions. M&A transactions are, therefore, subject to industry-specific regulation. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/mergers-and-acquisitions-considerations-in-ghanas-upstream-oil-and-gas-industry) [Ghana](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ghana) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [ICT](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ict) [Right to Information Act, 2019](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/right-to-information-act-2019) [N. Dowuona & Company](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/n.-dowuona-company) ## [A Look at Ghana’s Right to Information Act](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/a-look-at-ghanas-right-to-information-act) Government institutions are now obliged to provide information about governance to the public. Under the new Right to Information Act, 2019 (Act 989), a person who applies for information from a public institution is not required to provide a reason unless the .. 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