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 25 October 2021.
A statement by the director, corporate communications
department of the bank, Osita Nwanisobi, said the implementation of the eNaira
had put Nigeria in the global spotlight as one of the pioneers to deploy a CBDC
into live production.
This, the statement said had continued to attract the
interest of global stakeholders such as the IMF, World Bank, other Central
Banks, and the CBDC community.
As part of activities lined up to mark the first anniversary
of the eNaira, the statement said the CBN will hold a one-day workshop themed
“Leveraging Innovation for Inclusive Growth and Development: The eNaira
Advantage” scheduled to take place on Tuesday October 25, 2022 at the Eko Hotel
and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The objectives of the workshop include the review the eNaira
implementation journey, one year after; to drive further adoption of the eNaira
through public engagement; and to facilitate global policy dialogue on CBDC to
promote peer learning and benchmarking.
According to the statement, the event will be hosted by the
Governor, Mr. 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
Executives of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Nigeria
Inter-Bank 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, cooperative groups and
technical experts, the entertainment industry; amongst 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, encouraged 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. It also urged members of the public to
visit the website (www.enaira365days.com) to register and participate in the
workshop.
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