To make a digital euro a valuable cornerstone of the payments landscape of the future, I picked out five ingredients of the “recipe for success”:  • Broad usability, but without unwanted side effects; • Well-thought-out implementation at the customer front-end; • A future-proof concept, enabling new business opportunities;  • A solid legal framework; • And last, but maybe most importantly: collaboration of all stakeholders.
I wish you all a very warm welcome; especially to the participants who have travelled from abroad to Uganda, and to this splendid resort at Kigo right next to Lake Victoria. Thank you all for honouring our invitation to the first conference by the Africa Regional Committee of the International Association of Deposit Insurers, hosted in Uganda.