The central bank of Nigeria (CBN) has unveiled a programme of events to commemorate the first anniversary of the launch of Africa’s first Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) tagged the “eNaira”, which was formally launched by president Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Aso Villa on Monday October 25, 2021
According to a statement signed by the Director Corporate Communications, CBN, Osita Nwanisobi, implementation of the eNaira has put Nigeria in the global spotlight as one of the pioneers to deploy a CBDC into live production. This has continued to attract the interest of global stakeholders such as the IMF, World Bank, other central Banks and the CBDC community.
The statement read in part, “As part of activities lined up to mark the first anniversary of the eNaira, the CBN is holding a one-day workshop themed “Leveraging innovation for inclusive growth and Development: the eNaira Advantage” scheduled to take place on Tuesday October 25, 2022at the Eko Hotel and Suits, Victoria Island, Lagos.
“The objectives of the workshop include: reviewing of the eNaira implementation journey, one year after; driving further adoption of the eNaira through public engagement and; facilitating global policy dialogue on CBDC to promote peer learning and benchmarking.
“The event will be hosted by the Governor of CBN, Godwin Emefiele, while the Ministers of Communication and Digital Economy and Humanitarian Affairs will be speakers at the event. Other key participants at the event include the Chief executive of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)…
“The Nigeria Interbank Settlement System Plc. (NIBSS), the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), members of the Bankers’ Committee, the academia, financial services and telecommunications regulators, merchants, agents, corporate groups, technical experts and the entertainment industry, among others.
“The event will also feature a policy round-table discussion on “Effective Collaboration for National Development (Infrastructure, Interoperability, Regulation)” and a panel discussion on “”eNaira Adoption for Economic Growth”
The CBN, therefore, encourages Nigerians to be part of the celebration which shall be streamed live on the bank’s social media channels as well as those dedicated to the eNaira.
Visit the website to register and participate in the workshop: www.enaira365days.com
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