Call for papers: Advancing cross-border payments – identifying opportunities and challenges for sub-Saharan Africa

The South African G20 Presidency and the CPMI invite submissions of papers on advancing cross-border payments: identifying opportunities and challenges for sub-Saharan Africa.

The G20 South African Presidency and the CPMI invite submissions from a diverse range of contributors, including academia, public institutions (including central banks), special interest groups and the private sector. Papers should present empirical and analytical research on a variety of topics. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, analysis of:

• quantitative and qualitative information at the corridor and regional levels involving SSA countries (eg payment values and volume, informal channels);
• factors influencing end user options and choices for cross-border payments in SSA (eg informal economy, documentary requirements, inflation, financial health, digital inclusion); and
• elements determining and affecting supply-side conditions in cross-border payments to and from jurisdictions in sub-Saharan Africa (eg fast payments adoption, foreign exchange controls and liquidity, manual reporting and compliance processes, corresponding banking relationships).

The submission deadline is 1 June 2025.

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