Enable PayPal in Ghana is the latest petition to PayPal by concerned Ghanaians globally. Ghana is one of the African countries that has been blacklisted by PayPal. This makes it impossible for anyone living permanently in Ghana to ever have a legal PayPal account.
PayPal can be described as an online banking system and wallet which allows both businesses and individuals to send and receive money online globally from friends and businesses
The main aim of the petition is to get PayPal to lift the ban from Ghana and make its services accessible to Ghanaians.
The petition has seen almost 19,000 people signings out of a target of 35,000 signatures required.
Do well to understand the benefits of PayPal whitelisting Ghana and sign the petition.
Currently, Africa has its own PayPal version for businesses and online stores called PayStack. Check them up here Paystack.com online payment platform: Africa’s best for African businesses
Enable PayPal In Ghana -The Full Petition From Ghana
Currently, Ghana is blacklisted by PayPal, making it impossible for people resident in Ghana to make or receive payments on the PayPal platform. With many online merchants using PayPal, sometimes exclusively, to receive payments for products and services, Ghana’s 24 million people, like many more in other blacklisted countries, are unable to transact business.
At the same time, many Ghanaian entrepreneurs with innovative products and services, that would offer real value to buyers around the world and contribute to economic development locally, are cut off from much of the world where PayPal is a major platform for receiving payments. This has to change. PayPal can and should be a force for supporting entrepreneurs who seek a means to engage in legitimate business and are currently unable to reach potential customers around the world. This is anti-business.
Similarly, there are lots of social enterprises and charities that are working to improve lives and communities in Ghana and around Africa that are unable to accept donations via PayPal. All over the world, online donations have powered a variety of social innovations and charity projects. Being blacklisted means many innovative social enterprises and charities in Ghana are deprived of access to potential donors. This isn’t progressive.
Interestingly, the business potential for PayPal in enabling transactions in Ghana is significant. Whether from Ghanaians who will be paying for goods and services online, or Ghanaian merchants who will now be able to sell products and services online, or Ghanaians abroad who will make remittances to family and loved ones back home, transaction fees will accrue to PayPal.
The activities of a few suspicious individuals cannot be justification for denying many legitimate individuals, businesses, and charities in Ghana the opportunity to carry out transactions via PayPal. It is possible to keep PayPal safe and secure, as is the case in other parts of the world, without stifling economic activity.
Do not forget to check Paystack.com, Africa’s version of Paypal
The success of the Enable PayPal In Ghana petition will be a piece of great news for businesses and individuals to legally open and operate Business and Personal PayPal Accounts in Ghana.
Sign The Petition For The Inclusion of Ghana
SIGN THE PETITION HERE