Regulation Reimagined - Harmonised rules, evidence‑driven policymaking across African hubs - DASA25

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Welcome back to the Africa Discourse Channel! We bring you key voices shaping the future of African industries, and in this episode recorded live at the Digital Asset Summit Africa (DASA), we dive deep into the world of digital assets, regulatory tech, and compliance. Guests: Mensah Thompson, Deputy Director General of Ghana Securities & Exchange Commission | Larry Cooke, Head of Legal for Africa at Binance This episode captures a groundbreaking conversation—the first time Binance and Ghana's Securities and Exchange Commission have publicly engaged like this on the continent. We sit down with Mensah Thompson, Deputy Director General of Ghana's SEC, and Larry Cooke, Binance's Head of Legal for Africa. They share keen insights on building a robust, unified regulatory framework across the continent and highlight the importance of industry-regulator collaboration Key Topics DiscussedIn this episode: → Why Binance treats compliance as competitive strategy, not paperwork → Ghana SEC's shift from checkbox reporting to risk-based oversight → The real-time monitoring gap costing African markets dearly → Why most crypto hacks start with your password, not platform failures → Should innovation lead or should regulation come first? → How social engineering steals more money than technical breaches → The innovation hub model bringing regulators to university campuses → Why Ghana-Rwanda fintech passport matters for all of Africa → Commercial paper manipulation and how regulators catch it → The insider trading problem when you can't monitor markets live → How Mastercard profits from African cocoa without touching the farm → Building tiered sandboxes for startups versus established players → WASRA and the quiet work of West African regulatory coordination → Why Africa's illiterate farmers need digital asset education most → The stable coin opportunity Africa cannot afford to sleep on *Follow Africa Discourse* Website: https://discoursechannel.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/africadiscoursechannel/ X: https://x.co