The Digital Public Infrastructure Map

Tracking national-scale digital infrastructure around the world

Egypt

Digital ID System
WIP

National digital identity

Governing entity
Ministry of Interior
Status of implementation
Pilot
Legally binding redress mechanism
NA
URL
NA
Last Updated
10/02/25
Claim digital ID
YES
ID or Civil Registry Act
YES
Regulation for digital ID
YES
Identity act codifies legal status
YES
Identity act sets up procedural rules for data management
NA
Identity act clarifies relationship with feeder documents
NA
Terms of data storage and sharing available
NA
National Data Protection Act exists
YES
Data leak disclosure process exists
NA
Data handling terms exist
NA
Uses biometrics
YES
Enables authentication
YES
Enables KYC
NA
Enables authentication via government portal
NA
Two or more sectoral use cases enabled
YES
Digital Payment System
DPI-like

InstaPay/IPIN

Payment system type
Cross-domain payment system
Status of implementation
Active
Operator
Central bank
National or Regional
National
Annual value of transactions (USD)
2022- 1% of GNI
Annual volume of transactions
NA
Cost of transactions
NA
Participants
2024- 27
Types of transactions supported
P2P P2M G2P
Type of settlement system
NA
URL
https://www.cbe.org.eg
Last Updated
10/02/25
Active real-time payment system
YES
Cross-border payments
NA
QR code transactions
NA
Bank participation
YES
Non-bank participation
NO
Interoperability policy
YES
Participation rules
YES
Data-handling rules
YES
Reporting forum
NA
AML Law
YES
Data Exchange System
DPI-like
G2G Services
Base technical architecture
NA
Status of implementation
Active
Governing Entity
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT)
Coordination unit
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT)
National or Regional
National
Sector-specific or Cross-sectoral
Cross-sectoral
Permitted participants
Public
Ownership
Public
URL
https://mcit.gov.eg
Last Updated
01/10/24
Semantic interoperability
NA
Real-time sharing
NA
Scalable architecture
YES
Auditable
NA
Procedural rules for data mgmt
NA
Enrolment and participation information
NA
Used by more than one public entity
YES
Impact metrics
NA