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Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and Hollywood actor Idris Elba, recently had a meeting to discuss ways to expand the creative arts economy in Africa.
In a post on Facebook, Dr Bawumia indicated that their conversation included ways to finance Ghana’s creative arts industry and devising strategies to integrate it into the worldwide financial ecosystem.
He wrote; “Many African industry players are locked out of the global payments ecosystem, and we therefore discussed the proposed implementation of a new system leveraging blockchain technology to assist them and ensure that they get paid for their music and arts no matter where in the world it is used commercially.”
“Given Ghana’s relatively advanced system of digital payments, the new system is expected to be launched in Ghana later this year. My thanks to Idris Elba for his commitment to the development of the African creative arts economy,” parts of the post read.
This is not the first time the British actor has met a statesman to discuss Ghana’s creative arts industry.
