News with the tag "Folashodun Shonubi"

The Nigerian currency continued its slide versus the greenback when it fell to a new all-time low of NGN950 per dollar. Folashodun Shonubi, the acting governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, insists that the naira is currently undervalued. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said Nigeria’s “l...

The Nigerian central bank has said it is amending the model of its central bank digital currency and is hopeful that such an exercise will result in “an increase in the volume and activity of wallet holders.” According to the acting governor, the central bank is also working towards making the forex...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is altering the model of its central bank digital currency (CBDC), the eNaira, to encourage more usage. Despite the number of eNaira wallets increasing to 13 million between October 2022 and March 2023, the adoption rate remains low for a country with a population o...