Nigeria urged to embrace digital technologies
By CNBC
20 May 2019 |
8:46 am
The CEO of Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe says Nigeria is at a sweet spot for a fundamental change as far as digital technology and payments are concerned. He made this remark on the side-lines of the Africa FinTech Foundry while speaking to CNBC Africa’s Wole Famurewa on the need to take advantage of available technology to build Nigeria’s economy.
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