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The Reserve Bank pioneered Project Khokha to drive consensus and adoption of blockchain systems in South Africa’s financial sector, a highly proactive action similar to other astute emerging markets such as Dubai and Singapore.

The Intergovernmental FinTech Working Group (IFWG) is taking steps to formalise South Africa’s stance on fintech and innovation, aiming to produce a draft policy paper by early 2019. The paper is set to present

South Africa’s inflation rate fell in May as food prices rose at the slowest pace since 2013, reducing chances that the central bank will increase interest rates later this year. Consumer prices climbed 4.4% from a year

South Africa’s central bank chooses to call digital currencies such as bitcoin “cyber-tokens” because they don’t meet the requirements to be classified as money. “We don’t use the term ‘cryptocurrency’ because it doesn’t

South Africa’s inflation rate fell to seven-year low in March, moving further below the midpoint of the central bank’s target range. Inflation slowed to 3.8% from a year earlier compared to 4% in February, Pretoria-based

South Africa’s economic growth could pick up faster than forecast if the right structural reforms are implemented, the Reserve Bank said. That means the economy could expand faster than the 2% for 2020 the central

South Africa’s inflation rate slowed in January, easing pressure on the central bank to maintain a tight monetary stance. Inflation slowed to 4.4% from 4.7% in December, Statistics South Africa said Wednesday in