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Botswana
Botswana has used a fingerprint-based Omang ID since 1999 and has said it is developing an electronic Omang. No CBDC launch was found.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Botswana
- Program
- Omang
- Status
- Being built or piloted
- National ID card
- ID card compulsory
- Biometrics
- Yes
Botswana introduced the fingerprint-based Omang system in the late 1990s. In July 2023 the labour and home affairs minister said an electronic Omang with photo verification was being developed and would connect to service providers. A border control system at all ports of entry links to the national identification system. No 2025-2026 launch of the electronic card was found.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- Research
Bank of Botswana is listed as doing CBDC research. No pilot found.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2023-07Rolling it out
The government said it was developing an electronic Omang linked to service providers. Your Botswana ↗
UN and WHO
How Botswana has voted
- WHO
- Accepted the 2024 rule changes
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- No recorded objection
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Didn't vote
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- 64.6 · rank 112 of 169
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 2
Sovereignty score
How the 0 adds up
- 0No tracked actions either way.
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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.