The Kingdom of Lesotho is a landlocked country and enclave, completely surrounded by its only neighbouring country, the Republic of South Africa. Link to external site : Website for Lesotho |  |
| Wallets | |
| Development | Developing |
| Send or Receive |
Receive Register/Log In |
| GDP ($m) |
0.00 Register/Log In |
| HDI classification | Medium |
| Mobile Connections (m) |
1.210 Upgrade to Bronze |
| Currency | LSL |
| Class | |
| CountryISO | LS |
| Sovereignity | Country |
| Territory of | - NA - |
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| Channel Analysis |
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| COT Analysis |
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| Persona Analysis |
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| Products |
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| PI Analysis |
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| Central Bank | |
| Key Regulations | |
| Type of law |
Hybrid Upgrade to Bronze |
| Legal System |
Mixed legal system of English common law and Roman-Dutch law; judicial review of legislative acts in High Court and Court of Appeal Upgrade to Bronze |
| Law is based on | |
| Approach |
Unclear Upgrade to Bronze |
| Sectors active in Digital Money | |
| Exclusivity | |
| Certainty | |
| Openness | |
| Proportionate? | |
| Allowed Models |
Bank Led Upgrade to Bronze |
| DominantModel |
| E-Money | |
| Payment | |
| Agent | |
| Money Transfer | |
| Taxation |
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| Population m | 2.17 |
| Adult % | 0.00 |
| Migrants % |
0.00 Register/Log In |
| Stock Immigrants ('000) | |
| Emigration Rate % | |
| Internal Migrants ('000) | |
| Internal Migration Rate % | |
| Intl Movement Rate % | |
| Urban % | 0.00 |
| Female % | 45.70 |
| Literate % | 0.00 |
| Annual Growth % |
| Mobile Penetration % | 47.33 |
| Banked % | 40.00 |
| Access to FS % | 17.00 |
| Internet % | 3.60 |
| Branches per 100k adults | 2.99 |
| ATMs per 100k adults | 7.13 |
| POS per 100k adults | 0.00 |
| Prepaid % | 0.00 |
| Prepaid SIM Registration | |
| MobileUnbanked (m) | 0.00 |
| Monthly ARPU | |
| Cards 2010 ('000) | |
| Propensity % |
| Overall | |
| Population | |
| On Remittance Sent | |
| On Remittance Received | |
| Mobile Unbanked | |
| Migrant % | |
| MP % | |
| Banked % | |
| Development |
| Can Provide Payments? | |
| Can Market under Brand? | |
| Can issue E-Money? | |
| Can Open Customer Account? | |
| Can Own Customer? | |
| Can do Cash In/Cash Out? | |
| Can offer Domestic Money Transfer? | |
| Can offer International Money Transfer? |
| Importance for Digital Money | |
| Digital Money Adoption |
Other Upgrade to Bronze |
| Registered Wallet Users | |
| Top Wallets | |
| Informal Market | |
| Cost To Remit | |
| Key Players |