A year after launching Africa’s first digital currency, Nigeria’s central bank is turning to the nation’s three-wheeler taxi operators to speed the adoption of the eNaira, as regulators across the world scrutinize its every move.
It’s offering a 5% discount to drivers and passengers of the motorized rickshaws -- known locally as Keke Napep -- who use the eNaira. It’s the latest attempt to kickstart the digital currency, which has so far attracted just one in 200 people in the continent’s most populous country.
