Ghana Assembles Committee to Oversee Cryptocurrency Regulation

Ghana has established a five-agency committee to oversee its growing virtual asset sector. The Virtual Assets Coordinating Committee brings together the Bank of Ghana, Securities and Exchange Commission, Finance Ministry, Cyber Security Authority, and Financial Intelligence Centre.

The committee will focus on regulatory coordination, information sharing, and risks including money laundering, terrorist financing, cybersecurity, consumer protection, and financial stability.

Regulators are developing operational guidelines and running policy sandboxes ahead of full implementation of the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act, 2025. The SEC began a 12-month regulatory sandbox in 2026 with participants testing services ranging from exchanges and brokerage to asset tokenization and trading platforms.