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French Central Bank Puts Out Call for Digital Currency Experiments  CoinDesk

Donors to Tanzania’s general budget support programme include the UK, Canada, Denmark, the European Commission, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Sweden and the World Bank. Photograph: Daniel Hayduk/AFPInternational donors have suspended nearly $500m (£311m) in budget support to Tanzania in response to claims that senior government officials siphoned off funds from the country’s central bank under the guise of energy contracts.
The chair of Tanzania’s public accounts committee, Zitto...

Japan's financial and monetary authorities examine creation of digital currencies  The Japan Times

 Integrating digital payments into the economies of emerging and developing nations addresses crucial issues of broad economic growth and individual financial empowerment, according to a new report by the World Bank Development Research Group.

>No investor from the East African countries has started buying government securities since the regulator lifted curbs on them in May, the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) announced yesterday.

Government, private sector, mobile operators and development organizations convene to establish a plan for the future

Malawi took a significant step towards creating a digital payment ecosystem in order to address poverty and drive inclusive growth. An event organized by the Government of Malawi with the United Nations Capital Development Fund’s (UNCDF) Better Than Cash Alliance (http://www.betterthancash.org) and Mobile Money for the Poor initiatives brought together digital payments...

Global Paper and Pulp Market Growth 2020 CMPC, Fibria, Oji Paper, Chenming Paper, Metsa Fibre, Mercer, Stora Enso  Galus Australis

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Accused in central bank 200m/- case acquitted
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For lack of sufficient evidence, several former high ranking officials of the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) were yesterday acquitted of forgery and theft charges in the over 200m/- External Payment Arrears (EPA) case. The verdict was read by a panel of three ...
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South Africa's central bank steps in temporarily to run troubled lender African Bank Investments Limited (Abil), which says it needs $800m to survive.