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eNaira: Nigeria’s digital currency has had a slow start – what’s holding it back

July 21, 2023
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Adoption of eNaira has been slow By Iwa Salami – Reader (Associate Professor) in Law, University of East London (Special to Black Headline News) Nigeria was the first country in Africa to roll out a central bank digital currency. The eNaira was launched in October 2021. The main reasons were to promote financial inclusion, increase

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