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

Ghana

Digital ID System

DPI-like

GhanaCard

Governing entity: National Identificaton Authority (NIA)
Status of implementation: Active
Legally binding redress mechanism: Both
Funding organizations identified: NA
Technical Support organizations identified: Margins ID Group
URL: https://nia.gov.gh
Last Updated: 30/03/25
Claim of digital ID: YES
ID or Civil Registry Act: YES
Regulation for digital ID: NO
Codified digital ID legal status: NO
Procedural rules for digital ID enrolment: YES
Relationship with feeder documents: NO
Terms of data storage and sharing available: YES
National Data Protection Act: YES
Data leak disclosure process: YES
Data handling terms exist: NO
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

GhanaPay/ GIPS

Payment system type: Cross-domain payment system
Status of implementation: Active
Operator: Central bank
National / Regional: National
Annual value of transactions (USD): 2021- USD 2 B
Annual volume of transactions: 2021- 37 M
Cost of transactions: NA
Number of participants: 2023- 52
Types of transactions supported: P2P P2M B2B G2P
Type of settlement system: NA
URL: https://www.ghipss.net
Last Updated: 01/10/24
Active real-time payment system present: YES
Cross-border payments: YES
QR code transactions: NA
Bank participation: YES
Non-bank participation: YES
Interoperability policy: YES
Participation conditions and rules: NA
Data-handing rules for payment system: NA
Reporting forum: NA
AML Law: YES

Digital Payment System

WIP

eCedi (CBDC)

Payment system type: CBDC
Status of implementation: Pilot
Operator: Central bank
National / Regional: National
Annual value of transactions (USD): NA
Annual volume of transactions: NA
Cost of transactions: NA
Number of participants: NA
Types of transactions supported: P2P P2M B2B G2P
Type of settlement system: NA
URL: https://cbdctracker.org
Last Updated: 25/06/25
Active real-time payment system present: YES
Cross-border payments: YES
QR code transactions: NA
Bank participation: YES
Non-bank participation: YES
Interoperability policy: YES
Participation conditions and rules: NA
Data-handing rules for payment system: NA
Reporting forum: NA
AML Law: YES

Data Exchange System

WIP

Data Exchange System

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