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Namibia plans a new electronic ID smart card, with rollout reported for September 2026 after earlier delays. The Bank of Namibia is still at the research stage on a CBDC.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Namibia
- Program
- Electronic ID card (e-ID)
- Status
- Being built or piloted
- National ID card
- ID card compulsory
- Biometrics
- Yes
The Ministry of Home Affairs says the new e-ID is a chip card holding identity details and biometrics, developed with UNDP. First-time applicants and renewals are free. Launch dates moved from mid-2025 to July 2026 and then September 2026; this research could not confirm that issuance has begun.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- Research
The Bank of Namibia has run CBDC research since 2020 and consulted the public; it says its freedom is shaped by membership of the Common Monetary Area.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2025-06Rolling it out
Home Affairs announced the electronic ID card to replace current IDs. allAfrica ↗
UN and WHO
How Namibia 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
- 67.1 · rank 100 of 169
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 3
Sovereignty score
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