Blockchain technology can help solve economic problems in Nigeria and throughout the African continent, according to a group of local blockchain experts who cited Nigeria’s currency flow shortage as a case study.
At the Stakeholders in Blockchain Technology Association of Nigeria (SIBAN)’s Digital Assets Summit 2023, held in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, stakeholders discussed the decision by the previous government to print new naira notes — Nigeria’s fiat currency — and the country’s recent efforts to increase central bank digital currency (CBDC) adoption, which both led to a shortage in the flow of naira at the time.