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Namibia to roll out system based on UPI

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July 10, 2025

IN APRIL 2024, NAMIBIA BECAME THE FIRST COUNTRY TO SIGN A LICENCING AGREEMENT TO ADOPT THE UPI SYSTEM

- HT Correspondent

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Wednesday explored ways to strengthen ties in defence, trade and digital technology, with the two sides announcing the African nation will soon roll out a digital payments system based on India's Unified Payment Interface (UPI).

Namibia was the final destination of a five-nation tour that also took Modi to Brazil to attend the Brics Summit. He is the first Indian premier to visit the country in 27 years.

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