Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- Olayemi Cardoso, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has reiterated the central bank's dedication to using technology and digitization to improve financial access for marginalized groups, especially women.

Cardoso stressed the value of mobile money services and other digital financial tools in expanding financial inclusion throughout Nigeria while speaking at the Inaugural Economic Policy Conference for Emerging Market Economies in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which was hosted by the Saudi Ministry of Finance and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Regional Office.

Cardoso said in a message published on Monday on CBN's official X (formerly Twitter) account: "Digitalization is key to Nigeria's financial incl...