Events

Financial technology advancements have drastically transformed Africa’s payment ecosystem and relationships with money. Yet physical cash (notes and coins) remains an enduring feature of Africa’s formal and informal economies. This conference explores the often conflicting dynamics between policy and governance frameworks, and crises, in shaping—and being shaped by—the circulation, accessibility, and utilization of cash in increasingly digitalizing African societies. This multidisciplinary conference with participants from across Africa and beyond examines how these socio-political interactions produce order and disorder in various settings, and how individuals, organizations, and groups navigate and adapt to resultant associated changes. Crises serve as the ultimate test for policy implementations. Examining how individuals and organizations access funds during turbulent times offers a unique opportunity to interrogate the robustness, resilience, and adaptability of African monetary policies and Africans’ monetary repertoires.