{"id":21214,"date":"2025-12-17T08:24:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T06:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/liberia-boosts-healthcare-digital-payments-in-drive-for-economic-reform\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:32:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:32:20","slug":"liberia-boosts-healthcare-digital-payments-in-drive-for-economic-reform","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/liberia-boosts-healthcare-digital-payments-in-drive-for-economic-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberia boosts healthcare, digital payments in drive for economic reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liberia has taken fresh steps to strengthen its healthcare system and modernise its financial sector, welcoming medical specialists from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and launching a new instant payments platform through its central bank.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The arrival of DRC health professionals is expected to help address staffing shortages in Liberia\u2019s healthcare sector, while the instant payments system aims to improve financial inclusion and speed up transactions across the economy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Political analyst and international relations expert Dr David Matsanga has praised the developments as practical examples of South-South co-operation on the continent. \u201cThis is Africa working with Africa,\u201d Matsanga said, adding that such partnerships reduce reliance on external assistance and promote shared development.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, he cautioned that the initiative also highlights ongoing challenges within the DRC\u2019s own health sector. \u201cWhile exporting skilled professionals is positive, it also reflects persistent infrastructure and capacity constraints back home,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The twin reforms come as Liberia pushes ahead with broader economic restructuring efforts aimed at strengthening public services and supporting sustainable growth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21215,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-21214","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Liberia has taken fresh steps to strengthen its healthcare system and modernise its financial sector","published_date":"2025-12-17 10:20:08","news_description":"Liberia has taken fresh steps to strengthen its healthcare system and modernise its financial sector","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24969,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21214\/revisions\/24969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=21214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}