Cameroon Expands Digital Payments Reform With World Bank Support

Cameroon expands digital payments reforms with World Bank support Cameroon has launched a World Bank-backed programme to digitise government payments through bank accounts and mobile money platforms, as part of efforts to modernise public finance management. The initiative, known as Government-to-Person payments (G2Px), was presented during a two-day sensitisation workshop held in Yaounde by the Ministry of Finance and the World Bank. The programme focuses on digitising salaries, pensions and social transfers through bank accounts and mobile money systems in line with the government’s wider economic modernisation strategy. Officials said the reform is intended to reduce the manipulation of cash…