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Mali
Mali replaced the NINA card with a biometric national ID card from late 2022, mandatory from age 15. The regional central bank (BCEAO) is preparing an e-CFA; no national CBDC exists.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Mali
- Program
- Carte nationale d'identité biométrique sécurisée (replaces NINA card)
- Status
- Not confirmed
- National ID card
- ID card compulsory
- Biometrics
- Yes
- Law
- Décret N°2022-0639/PT-RM of 3 Nov 2022
A November 2022 decree created a secure biometric national ID card that is mandatory from age 15, valid 5 years, and replaces the NINA card. Distribution began in April 2023 and authorities reported about 5.7 million cards handed out by August 2023. No source found for a digital (mobile) ID.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- Research
- Name
- e-CFA (regional)
Mali has no national CBDC. The BCEAO, the central bank for the West African monetary union, is preparing a regional digital CFA franc (e-CFA); no launch date has been confirmed.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2023-04Rolling it out
Distribution of the new biometric national ID card began. allAfrica ↗
UN and WHO
How Mali 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
- 54.0 · rank 149 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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