Ethiopia has taken another step toward implementing interoperable government payments nationwide as public institutions, regulators and payment infrastructure providers convened to operationalize a unified implementation framework aligned with the country’s National Digital Payments Strategy.
The Ministry of Finance, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) and national payment switch EthSwitch brought together technical teams from government institutions to advance implementation of a unified framework aimed at enabling interoperable person-to-government (P2G) and government-to-person (G2P) payments.
Opening the workshop, Neteru Wondwosen, Head of the Treasury and Government Accounts Department at the Ministry of Finance, said the initiative builds on ongoing reforms under the National Digital Payments Strategy, with governance structures now in place to support nationwide implementation. She stressed that all public institutions should be able to accept payments from any regulated financial institution through a fully interoperable ecosystem.
Click here to read more
No Comment Found.