Nigeria Leads Africa in Regulating Digital Asset Space — Securities Regulator
Nigeria has taken the lead in regulating digital assets in Africa, and is one of the countries looking keenly into governing the digital asset space, an executive director with the country’s securities regulator has said. The director also made clarifications on the different regulatory roles played by the central bank and the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Protecting Investors According to the executive director of Nigeria’s securities regulator, Dayo Obisan, his country is “leading in Africa in terms of making the rules and regulating into the....
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