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Monday, October 25 2021 - 22:00
AsiaNet
Bitt Develops Africa's First CBDC
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Oct. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/--

eNaira, the Bitt-developed central bank digital currency (CBDC), has officially 
rolled out in Nigeria. Citizens and residents of Nigeria are now the first on 
the continent of Africa to use a legal tender digital currency for their daily 
financial transactions. 

Bitt is very excited to be entering the African CBDC market as the Central Bank 
of Nigeria's Technology Partner. Bitt's market-proven Digital Currency 
Management System (DCMS) is currently licensed by national financial 
institutions in six countries across Central America and the Caribbean. Nigeria 
is a sophisticated economy which operates on a modern infrastructure. Bitt's 
DCMS fulfilled CBN's criteria for technological competence, efficiency, 
platform security, interoperability, and implementation experience.

CEO of Bitt, Brian Popelka, "We are elated to have developed, tested and 
deployed the eNaira monetary infrastructure in record time. Today's launch is 
an exceptional achievement for both the CBN and Bitt teams. We look forward to 
continued partnership on this CBDC deployment journey and to provide additional 
features to expand eNaira's value to all Nigerians."

Bitt is driven by the empowerment of people through providing accessible, 
low-cost, and real-time payments; and supporting the digitization of economies. 
Bitt's DCMS could lower infrastructure cost and improve the access and user 
experience of receiving and sending money, thereby promoting financial 
inclusion throughout Nigeria. Furthermore, the eNaira has been designed to 
promote local innovation, leveraging Nigeria's world-class FinTech talent.

Bitt's DCMS is a production-ready digital currency infrastructure that enables 
central banks and financial institutions to efficiently deploy their own 
digital currency. Bitt's DCMS plugs into the underlying transaction network of 
choice, such as Hyperledger Fabric (used in the implementations of DCash in the 
Eastern Caribbean Currency Union and the eNaira in Nigeria), and Stellar (to be 
presented at the 2021 Singapore Fintech Festival). 

About Bitt
With a staff of over 60 highly skilled professionals from around the world, 
Bitt is a global financial technology company that provides digital currency 
and stablecoin solutions to central banks, financial institutions and ecosystem 
participants worldwide. Bitt is at the forefront of financial innovation, with 
a specialization in central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and stablecoins. The 
company's Digital Currency Management System (DCMS) leverages blockchain-based 
distributed ledger technology to introduce the benefits of the most efficient 
financial ecosystem to date.

For more information about Bitt, please visit: www.bitt.com and follow us on 
LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/bittglobal/  

SOURCE:  Bitt

CONTACT: Chris Burnett
         Marketing and Communications Strategist
         Phone: +1-(246)-232-8508
         E-mail: christopher@bitt.com