The Tech Wrap-Up, 2025.close()

We said pull up and You said, “it’s not a biggggg problem for me.” And just like that, the room was full of ideas, opinions, laughs, and real conversations. Thank you for showing up, sharing boldly, and wrapping the year with us. This one was for the ecosystem. 🤍

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the government promised 100 constituencies trained by end of Q1. Q1 ended 3 days ago. we went looking. what we found is bigger than a missed deadline. 🇬🇭 A thread🧵 1/8🧵

earlier this week, reports flooded the timeline claiming the ghana card was officially replacing visa and mastercard with a new e-wallet system. it sounded like the exact infrastructure move we have all been waiting for. we drafted our post. we put it up. but when we started looking for the primary source, the details did not add up. the red flags were everywhere. we pulled the post down minutes later. yesterday, the national identification authority proved why that was the right call. in an official statement, the nia dismissed the e-wallet reports as "inaccurate and misleading." here is the actual truth. high-level discussions about financial integration are happening between policymakers and banks. but no feature has been activated. no decision has been finalized. your id is still just an id.