President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador announced over the weekend that 44 countries will be meeting in the country on Monday 16th May to discuss financial inclusion, digital economy, Bitcoin roll out and its benefits. In his tweets, he announced that,
“The president announced that the Central Bank of São Tomé and Príncipe, Central Bank of Paraguay, National Bank of Angola, Bank of Ghana, Bank of Namibia, Bank of Uganda, Central Bank of the Republic of Guinea, Central Bank of Madagascar, Bank of the Republic of Haiti, and the Bank of the Republic of Burundi, Central Bank of Eswatini and its Ministry of Finance, Central Bank of Jordan, Central Bank of The Gambia, National Committee of Banks and Seguros of Honduras, Directorate General of Treasury, Ministry of Finance and Budget, Madagascar, and the Maldives Monetary Authority are among those that will be attending.on to mention all countries that will be in attendance. A total of 32 Central Banks and 12 financial authorities”
Most of the central bankers for the meeting will come from Africa, South America, and South Asia.