Tokenisation Is Coming to Financial Sector Boardrooms. Are Directors Asking the Right Questions?
At the Africa Virtual Asset Summit 2026, convened by Ghana’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), I joined a panel discussing tokenisation, investor protection and the capabilities financial institutions need as digital assets become part of mainstream finance.
I approach this conversation from the perspective of someone who has worked on both sides of technology adoption. I helped deploy mobile money at Vodafone Ghana, and today I serve on financial-sector boards and chair technology committees. I have seen how a promising technology becomes a product that institutions must deliver, manage and remain accountable for. That experience shapes the question I bring to discussions about tokenisation: What will the board be asked to approve? If your institution decides to use tokenisation to issue, sell or manage financial assets, do you understand what you are approving, what could go wrong, and who will be accountable if it does?