Dr. Asiama reveals BoG solved payment bottlenecks after meeting young content creators

Bank of Ghana Governor, Dr. Johnson Asiama, says the central bank resolved payment challenges affecting some Ghanaian content creators after engaging directly with them.

Speaking at the Ghana-UK Investment Summit on Monday, Dr. Asiama said the intervention followed growing complaints on social media from influencers and bloggers who were struggling to receive income from international digital platforms.

According to him, the concerns caught his attention shortly after he returned from meetings with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

“I remember recently we returned from the IMF and I kept seeing on social media that the Central Bank was being criticised by some of these young people, the influencers, the bloggers,” he said.

The Governor explained that many of the affected individuals earned income from platforms such as Facebook and Instagram but had suddenly encountered difficulties accessing their payments.

“You know they receive some income from Facebook, Instagram, and the likes. But suddenly those incomes were no longer coming in,” he stated.

He said the issue generated significant frustration online, prompting the central bank to investigate.

“And so there was agitation on social media and my attention was drawn,” Dr. Asiama noted.

Rather than responding from a distance, he said the Bank of Ghana decided to engage the affected individuals directly to better understand the challenge.

“And I said, please call them in,” he recounted.

According to him, about a dozen young content creators and influencers attended discussions with officials from the central bank.

“So we called them in, very young, about 12, 13 of them, and we sat down to try and understand the problem,” he said.

The meeting formed part of what Dr. Asiama described as a broader effort by the current leadership of the Bank of Ghana to listen to stakeholders and identify practical solutions to emerging concerns.

The discussions, he said, ultimately helped the bank pinpoint the source of the problem and address it.

“In the end, we were able to identify [the solution],” he stated.

“For me, I was happy we were able to solve the problem, and now they are receiving incomes without struggle.”

Dr. Asiama said the experience highlighted the importance of dialogue and consultation, adding that listening to people often provides the clearest path to solving problems.