Africa's New Diamond: Digital Assets, Regulation, and Pan-African Economic Empowerment | DASA 2025

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Professor Tanya Evans, Attorney & Blockchain Law Pioneer and Peter Mano, Founder of Digital Asset Summit Africa (DASA) joins Richard Joseph to synthesize the key tracks from the Digital Asset Summit Africa (DASA 2025). They discuss the regulatory approach to digital assets, the role of currency trust, the challenge of adoption for everyday Africans, and the critical need for Pan-African economic harmonization. This conversation explores the transition from confusing "magic internet money" to serious policy discussions, focusing on how Ghana and Africa can lead the world in utilizing stable coins and CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currencies) to solve real economic problems, like expensive remittances. In this episode: → Why Bitcoin emerged from 2009's financial devastation → The $13 remittance tax stealing from those who can least afford it → How Ghana's regulators chose collaboration over turf wars → The E-Naira cautionary tale: elegant technology, zero adoption → Why MiCA's centralized approach misses the point entirely → The Harriet Tubman principle: "You can't take everybody with you" → Building economic sovereignty without repeating colonization's mistakes → Translating policy frameworks into yellow mobile money umbrellas → Why no company should invest here without investing in education → DASA 2026's pivot from regulation to innovators and businesses *Follow Africa Discourse* Website: https://discoursechannel.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/africadiscoursechannel/ X: https://x.com/dchannelafrica LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/africa-discourse-channel YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AfricaDiscourseChannel Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/discourse-channel/ Follow Digital Asset Summit Africa: Website: https://dasummitafrica.com/ Register for DASA 2026 updates and newsletters Timestamps 00:00 - The Dollar's Fragile Foundation: When Government Shutdowns Shatter "Full Faith and Credit" 02:07 - From IP Law to Blockchain Pioneer: The 2017 Paper That Changed Everything 04:1