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This week we look at digital payments. The Central African Republic becomes the first African country to adopt bitcoin as its official currency. And: Ghana slaps a tax on electronic cash. People say it's just pinching the pennies from their pockets. Plus, a first for African arts.  Uganda has opened its first Pavilion in Venice Biennale, earning the first 'Special Mention' for a newcomer country. 

The NDC has called the so-called 'E-Levy' of 1.5% 'regressive' and unlawful because there was no quorum in parliament when it was passed; opposition lawmakers had walked out of the proceedings in protest

Ghana's parliament approved a new 1.5% tax on electronic payments, known as the "e-levy," on Tuesday after the opposition walked out in protest.

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