AFRICOIN Makes History as One of Africa’s First Regulated Real-World Asset Platforms Under Ghana SEC’s Virtual Asset Sandbox

  AFRICOIN Makes History as One of Africa’s First Regulated Real-World Asset Platforms Under Ghana SEC’s Virtual Asset Sandbox

 

 AFRICOIN, a pioneering blockchain-based real-world asset (RWA) tokenization platform headquartered in Rwanda, today announced a historic milestone after being admitted into the regulatory sandbox of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Ghana under the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act, 2025 (Act 1154). The inclusion positions AFRICOIN among the first platforms in Africa to operate within a regulatory environment for tokenized real-world assets, marking a major step toward unlocking Africa’s vast natural wealth through blockchain technology.

The announcement follows the SEC Ghana’s official confirmation that it has finalized its regulatory sandbox framework for Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs). The sandbox enables selected companies to pilot their digital asset products and services within a controlled regulatory environment under the Commission’s supervision. The program will run for twelve months, with a mid-term review after six months to assess readiness for full licensing.

AFRICOIN joins a select group of digital asset innovators admitted to the sandbox, providing regulators with an opportunity to evaluate emerging technologies while strengthening investor protection, market integrity, and compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing standards.

Operating on the Ethereum blockchain, AFRICOIN is building a next-generation platform designed to tokenize Africa’s real-world assets, including commodities such as cocoa, gold, coffee beans, and silver, as well as verified carbon credits, making them accessible to investors through secure, transparent blockchain infrastructure.

The platform’s model introduces a powerful innovation to African capital markets: pre-market asset access. Through AFRICOIN, investors can gain exposure to verified assets during their development phase, before traditional market valuation, while asset owners gain direct access to capital without relying on traditional intermediaries.

“Our mission is to unlock Africa’s immense natural wealth and make it accessible through transparent digital markets,” said Vinod Khatumal, Founder and Chairman of AFRICOIN. “Being admitted into the SEC Ghana regulatory sandbox represents a major step forward not only for our platform, but for the broader vision of a regulated, secure, and globally accessible African digital asset economy.”

Africa is home to trillions of dollars in untapped natural resources and emerging environmental assets. However, many of these opportunities remain inaccessible to both local and global investors due to barriers such as fragmented capital markets, limited financing infrastructure, and a lack of transparency. AFRICOIN seeks to address these challenges by leveraging blockchain-based tokenization to transform physical assets into fractional digital tokens that can be traded and owned securely.

The AFRICOIN platform follows a rigorous three-stage process designed to ensure transparency and investor confidence. First, assets undergo comprehensive verification conducted by independent experts through geological surveys, financial audits, and legal documentation. Once verified, the assets are tokenized on blockchain infrastructure, enabling fractional ownership. Investors can then buy, sell, and trade tokenized assets within a transparent marketplace where documentation and verification records remain accessible.

In addition to expanding investment access, AFRICOIN provides asset owners, including producers, mining operators, and carbon credit developers, with new pathways to raise capital while retaining operational control of their assets. By connecting these asset owners directly with a global investor base, the platform helps unlock liquidity for industries that have historically struggled to access international capital markets.

Beyond Ghana, AFRICOIN is actively working with regulators across several African countries as part of a broader initiative to establish a compliant, cross-border framework for tokenized real-world assets. Details regarding these collaborations are expected to be announced in the near future.

The SEC Ghana sandbox initiative is designed to support responsible innovation while enabling regulators to gather valuable insights from real-world testing environments. Lessons from the pilot program will help shape future guidelines and licensing frameworks for virtual asset service providers operating within Ghana’s digital asset ecosystem.

For AFRICOIN, participation in the sandbox represents a critical step toward building one of Africa’s most transparent and accessible digital investment infrastructures, one capable of connecting African resources with global capital markets while strengthening investor protection and regulatory compliance.

About AFRICOIN

AFRICOIN is a blockchain-based real-world asset tokenization platform headquartered in Rwanda. Built on the Ethereum blockchain, the platform enables the fractional ownership and trading of verified assets, including commodities, natural resources, and carbon credits, through secure digital tokens. By combining blockchain transparency with rigorous asset verification, AFRICOIN aims to democratize access to pre-market investment opportunities while helping unlock Africa’s vast resource potential.

Website: www.africoin.ai

X: https://x.com/africoin_ai

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/africoinai/

Media Contact

 

Name: Vinod Khatumal

Title: Founder and Chairman

Email: vinodkhatumal@africoin.ai

Phone: +233 24 661 2702