The Chamber of Digital Assets and Blockchain Innovation (CDABI) has called on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to intensify collaboration with industry stakeholders to build a transparent, compliant, and innovation-driven digital asset ecosystem in Ghana.
The Chamber reaffirmed its role as a structured industry interface capable of coordinating organised dialogue between market participants and regulators to promote policy clarity and supervisory efficiency.
The call was made during a high-level engagement in Accra led by CDABI President, Caleb Kwaku Afaglo, alongside members of the Chamber, demonstrating what the statement described as strong institutional commitment and unified industry representation.
The delegation was received by the SEC’s Deputy Director-General, Mensah Thompson, together with senior officials of the Commission.
According to a statement issued by the Chamber, discussions were substantive and strategically aligned with Ghana’s evolving regulatory framework for digital assets.
During the meeting, CDABI formally invited the SEC to participate in its upcoming national symposium on virtual assets and financial services.
The symposium is expected to convene regulators, financial institutions, compliance professionals, technology providers, and other ecosystem stakeholders to deepen engagement on regulatory expectations, investor protection standards, Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) compliance, and responsible innovation frameworks.
A key highlight of the engagement was the Chamber’s AML Officer Training and Awareness Programme, developed in collaboration with the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).
The initiative is designed to institutionalise structured capacity-building within the digital asset and broader financial services ecosystem. It focuses on equipping compliance officers, risk managers, and operational leaders with advanced competencies in AML/CFT compliance, blockchain transaction monitoring and analytics, digital asset risk assessment methodologies, governance, reporting, and supervisory engagement.
The Director-General of the SEC, James Klutse Avedzi, acknowledged the importance of industry-driven certification pathways aligned with regulatory expectations.
He noted that strengthening professional competence across the ecosystem enhances supervisory effectiveness, reduces compliance gaps, and improves overall market integrity.
Dr Avedzi emphasised that regulation and ethical responsibility are shared obligations, stressing that oversight is most effective when regulators and industry operate in partnership, guided by shared standards of accountability, transparency, and integrity.
“This reflects the evolving regulatory philosophy within Ghana’s digital financial landscape: innovation must be matched with disciplined governance and ethical market conduct,” he stated.
Source: GNA
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