The Chamber of Digital Assets and Blockchain Innovation (CDABI) has called on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to deepen collaboration with industry players 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 enhance policy clarity and supervisory efficiency.
This was contained in a statement issued following a high-level engagement between the Chamber and the Commission.
The meeting, led by Mr Caleb Kwaku Afaglo, President of the Chamber, brought together key members of the association, reflecting what the statement described as strong institutional commitment and unified industry representation.
The delegation was received by Mr Mensah Thompson, Deputy Director-General of the SEC, together with senior officials of the Commission.
According to the statement, discussions were substantive and strategic, focusing on Ghana’s evolving digital asset regulatory architecture and the need to balance innovation with robust oversight.
As part of the engagement, the Chamber 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 dialogue on regulatory expectations, investor protection standards, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) compliance, as well as responsible innovation frameworks.
A key highlight of the meeting 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 aims to institutionalise structured capacity building within the digital asset and broader financial services ecosystem.
The programme is designed to equip 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 structures, reporting obligations and supervisory engagement.
Dr James Klutse Avedzi, Director-General of the SEC, acknowledged the importance of industry-driven certification pathways that align with regulatory expectations.
He noted that strengthening professional competence across the ecosystem would directly improve supervisory effectiveness, reduce compliance gaps and enhance overall market integrity.
Dr Avedzi emphasised that regulation and ethical responsibility were shared obligations between regulators and market operators.
He said sustainable oversight could best be achieved when regulators and industry players worked in partnership under common standards of accountability, transparency and integrity.
“Innovation must be matched with disciplined governance and ethical market conduct,” he stated, underscoring the Commission’s evolving regulatory philosophy within Ghana’s digital financial landscape.
The Chamber said it remained committed to supporting regulatory engagement, professional development and structured policy dialogue to ensure that Ghana’s digital asset sector develops within a transparent and well-governed framework.
