Nigeria Among the 23 African Countries To Participate In A Bitcoin Conference Hosted By El Salvador President.

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Financial government authorities in Africa like the Central Banks and Ministries of Finance, will be attending a Bitcoin to be hosted by El Salvador on the future of Finance.

According to the President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, 32 Central Banks will headline the event that will discuss the rollout of Bitcoin in his country as well as other details.

In a tweet posted today President Nayib Bukele revealed the details of the event.

Tomorrow, 32 central banks and 12 financial authorities (44 countries) will meet in El Salvador to discuss financial inclusion, digital economy, banking the unbanked, the #Bitcoin rollout and its benefits in our country.
— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) May 16, 2022

Countries from Africa are the majority in the conference, with the following Central Banks representing their countries according to tweets posted by Mr. Bukele:

Angola
Burundi
Congo
Egypt
Eswatini
Rwanda
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritanie
Morocco
Namibia
Nigeria
Sao Tome and Principe
Sierra Leone
Senegal
Sudan
Uganda
Zambia

Other countries are represented by the Ministry of Finance, such as Zambia, which would have officials from two top government authorities attending the meeting in El Salvador. This is the same for Eswatini and Senegal.