The Digital Public Infrastructure Map

Tracking national-scale digital infrastructure around the world

Lesotho

Digital ID System
DPI-like

National digital identity

Governing entity
Department of National ID and Civil Registry (NICR)
Status of implementation
Active
Legally binding redress mechanism
Legally established mechanism
Funding organizations identified
World Bank
Technical Support organizations identified
NA
URL
NA
Last Updated
01/10/24
Claim of digital ID
YES
ID or Civil Registry Act
YES
Regulation for digital ID
YES
Codified digital ID legal status
NO
Procedural rules for digital ID enrolment
NO
Relationship with feeder documents
NO
Terms of data storage and sharing available
NO
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
YES
Authentication through government portal
NA
Two or more sectoral use cases enabled
YES
Digital Payment System
WIP

Domestic IPS

Payment system type
NA
Status of implementation
Pilot
Operator
NA
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
NA
Type of settlement system
NA
URL
https://www.africanenda.org
Last Updated
01/10/24
Active real-time payment system present
NO
Cross-border payments
NA
QR code transactions
NA
Bank participation
NA
Non-bank participation
NA
Interoperability policy
NA
Participation conditions and rules
NA
Data-handing rules for payment system
NA
Reporting forum
NA
AML Law
NA
Data Exchange System
DPI-like
Data Exchange System
Base technical architecture
NA
Status of implementation
Active
Governing Entity
Ministry of Transport and Communications
Coordination unit
Ministry of Transport and Communications
National / Regional
National
Sector-specific / Cross-sectoral
Cross-sectoral
Permitted participants
NA
Ownership
Public
URL
https://www.afdb.org
Last Updated
01/10/24
Semantic interoperability
NA
Real-time sharing
NA
Scalable architecture
NA
Audit mechanism
NA
Procedural rules for data mgmt.
NA
Enrolment and participation information
NA
Used by more than one public entity
NA
Impact metrics
NA