非洲最大的经济体和人口最多的国家“尼日利亚”推出了非洲大陆的第一种数字货币，电子奈拉，回到 2021 年 10 月。
尼日利亚中央银行 (CBN) 继续实施升级该国中央银行数字货币 (CBDC) 的计划，以用于更广泛的商品和服务。然而，它也保持严格的加密货币限制，削弱了该国的金融技术部门。
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尼日利亚中央银行 (CBN)升级了其 eNaira 应用程序基于区块链技术，让尼日利亚人远离加密货币。
在一份公告中，CBN 表示将在 eNaira 应用程序的升级版中加入账单支付功能。
CBN还表示：
这是增加数字货币使用的措施的一部分，包括在全国主要市场开展宣传活动。
周一，CBN 分部主管 Bariboloka Koyor 在该国人口最多的城市拉各斯举行的一场活动中发表讲话，呼吁企业开始使用 eNaira。
Bariboloka Koyor 说；
从下周开始，eNaira speed wallet 应用程序将进行升级，您可以使用该应用程序进行交易，例如支付 DSTV 或电费，甚至支付机票费用。
根据 Koyor 的说法，eNiara 快速钱包比网上银行更快、更方便，而且不收费。
Koyor 表示，推出升级是为了让人们更容易开始使用该产品。他吹捧它的钱包是免费的，而且比网上银行还快。 eNaira 将是未来获得政府财政援助的唯一途径。
他强调了早期采用的优势：
这是 CBN 推出的一个项目，目的是在普惠金融以及银行交易的效率、可靠性和安全性方面惠及每个尼日利亚人，以便我们可以非常轻松、安全地进行银行交易，让尼日利亚人民可以享受eNaira 的好处。
奈拉的价值在过去六年里贬值了很多。这使得很多尼日利亚人使用加密货币。来自的报告库币表示在过去六个月中有 3340 万尼日利亚人拥有或交易加密货币。
加密货币已经成为尼日利亚金融领域的一件大事，因为越来越多的年轻人接受了它。加密货币被视为一种投资方式，尼日利亚的年轻人正在寻找数字货币。因此，尼日利亚的比特币采用率有所增加。
尼日利亚政府担心加密货币的采用会损害其金融部门，因此它于 2021 年 2 月禁止交易加密货币。随后，它于 10 月推出了自己的 CBDC eNaira。
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CBN 发布了一个陈述 2 月 5 日停止促进基于加密货币的交易，并下令关闭所有参与此类交易的账户。
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