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Egypt

116.5 million people

Egypt's central bank launched the Haweya national digital identity platform in November 2025 for remote bank onboarding, and targets a digital currency by 2030. WHO and Agenda 2030 actions were not researched here.

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Digital ID · Goal 16.9

Digital ID in Egypt

Program
Haweya digital ID platform (Central Bank of Egypt)
Status
Available, partial uptake
National ID card
ID card compulsory
Biometrics
Not confirmed

The Central Bank of Egypt formally launched Haweya in November 2025 as a national digital identity platform for remote onboarding and financial inclusion; it is expected to link to government databases. The first reports described a website with a mobile app to follow; the app's status was not confirmed.

Digital money · Goal 8.10

Central bank digital currency

Status
Research

Reports from January 2024 say the Central Bank of Egypt targets launching a digital currency by 2030 under its strategy; no pilot or design details were published.

On the record

What has happened, newest first

  1. 2025-11-13Rolling it out

    The Central Bank of Egypt launched the Haweya national digital ID platform for bank onboarding. Mobile ID World ↗

UN and WHO

How Egypt has voted

WHO
Accepted the 2024 rule changes
Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
No recorded objection
Migration compact (Dec 2018)
Voted yes
Paris climate deal
Party
SDG Index 2026
69.0 · rank 86 of 169
Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
4

Sovereignty score

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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.