The comment period for the proposal ended on August 5, and I will repeat what I have said in the past: if this proposal affects you or your business, I  -7hope that you made your voice heard by submitting a comment to the more than 600page proposal within the short 90-day comment period.
Furthermore, advances in ICT abound across the continent, with levels of connectivity heading steadily, rapidly even, in the right direction. Indeed, ICT is key to social and economic connectivity, as it renders payments more efficient and cheaper at all levels: domestic, regional, Pan-African and global.