The Digital Public Infrastructure Map

Tracking national-scale digital infrastructure around the world

The Digital Public Infrastructure Map

Tracking national-scale digital infrastructure around the world

Egypt

Digital ID System

WIP

National digital identity

Governing entity: Ministry of Interior
Status of implementation: Pilot
Legally binding redress mechanism: NA
Funding organizations identified: NA
Technical Support organizations identified: NA
URL: NA
Last Updated: 10/02/25
Claim of digital ID: YES
ID or Civil Registry Act: YES
Regulation for digital ID: YES
Codified digital ID legal status: YES
Procedural rules for digital ID enrolment: NA
Relationship with feeder documents: NA
Terms of data storage and sharing available: NA
National Data Protection Act: YES
Data leak disclosure process: NA
Data handling terms exist: NA
Collects or uses biometric data: YES
Digital authentication function: YES
Enables KYC packet collection: NA
Authentication through government portal: NA
Two or more sectoral use cases enabled: YES

Digital Payment System

DPI-like

InstaPay/IPIN

Payment system type: Cross-domain payment system
Status of implementation: Active
Operator: Central bank
National / Regional: National
Annual value of transactions (USD): 2022- 1% of GNI
Annual volume of transactions: NA
Cost of transactions: NA
Number of participants: 2024- 27
Types of transactions supported: P2P P2M G2P
Type of settlement system: NA
URL: https://www.cbe.org.eg
Last Updated: 10/02/25
Active real-time payment system present: YES
Cross-border payments: NA
QR code transactions: NA
Bank participation: YES
Non-bank participation: NO
Interoperability policy: YES
Participation conditions and rules: YES
Data-handing rules for payment system: YES
Reporting forum: NA
AML Law: YES

Data Exchange System

DPI-like

G2G Services

Base technical architecture: NA
Status of implementation: Active
Governing Entity: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT)
Coordination unit: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT)
National / Regional: National
Sector-specific / Cross-sectoral: Cross-sectoral
Permitted participants: Public
Ownership: Public
URL: https://mcit.gov.eg
Last Updated: 01/10/24
Semantic interoperability: NA
Real-time sharing: NA
Scalable architecture: YES
Audit mechanism: NA
Procedural rules for data mgmt.: NA
Enrolment and participation information: NA
Used by more than one public entity: YES
Impact metrics: NA