BIS survey finds differing motivations in African CBDC adoption
More than half of the surveyed central banks said the ability to provide cash in a digital form was the leading consideration for exploring CBDC.
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Kenya’s central bank governor: ‘A lot of people have been pushing me to put our reserve in bitcoin’
Njoroge told the country's legislators during a recent induction retreat in Nairobi.
The Central Bank of Nigeria partners with Clickatell to launch an eNaira USSD channel
The CBN hopes to boost the adoption of its central bank digital currency by making it easily accessible to feature phone users. Existing data suggest that most Nigerians use feature phones.
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has developed a CBDC roadmap
As part of the roadmap, RBZ will conduct consumer studies to gauge public perception of CBDC.
Oops! eCedi will not be built on blockchain, Bank of Ghana says
A representative of the bank said its CBDC will use an unnamed "unique technology."