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

Zambia

Digital ID System

WIP

National digital Identity

Governing entity: Department of National Registration, Passports and Citizenship
Status of implementation: Active
Legally binding redress mechanism: NA
Funding organizations identified: Government of Japan UNDP
Technical Support organizations identified: Veridos Dermalog
URL: NA
Last Updated: 01/10/24
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: 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: NA
Authentication through government portal: NA
Two or more sectoral use cases enabled: NA

Digital Payment System

DPI-like

National Financial Switch (NFS)

Payment system type: Cross-domain payment system
Status of implementation: Active
Operator: Central bank/Bank association
National / Regional: National
Annual value of transactions (USD): 2021- USD 610 M
Annual volume of transactions: 2021- 25 M
Cost of transactions: NA
Number of participants: 2023- 30
Types of transactions supported: P2P P2B B2P
Type of settlement system: NA
URL: https://www.africanenda.org
Last Updated: 01/10/24
Active real-time payment system present: YES
Cross-border payments: NA
QR code transactions: NA
Bank participation: YES
Non-bank participation: YES
Interoperability policy: YES
Participation conditions and rules: YES
Data-handing rules for payment system: YES
Reporting forum: NA
AML Law: YES

Data Exchange System

WIP

Data Exchange System

Base technical architecture: NA
Status of implementation: Pilot
Governing Entity: SMART Zambia Institute in Office of the President
Coordination unit: Electronic Government Division
National / Regional: National
Sector-specific / Cross-sectoral: Cross-sectoral
Permitted participants: NA
Ownership: Public
URL: https://www.szi.gov.zm
Last Updated: 01/10/24
Semantic interoperability: YES
Real-time sharing: YES
Scalable architecture: YES
Audit mechanism: NA
Procedural rules for data mgmt.: YES
Enrolment and participation information: NA
Used by more than one public entity: YES
Impact metrics: NA