Celebrating World Fintech Day: ECA and partners advance dialogue on tokenised money and stablecoins in Africa | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Addis Ababa, 18 August 2026 (ECA) - In commemoration of World Fintech Day, the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with the Africa Fintech Network (AFN), Financial Innovation for Impact (Fii), and the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), convened a high-level webinar on “Tokenised Money and Stablecoins in Africa: Cross-border Payments,