16.09.2026, LESOTHO: THE GOVERNMENT OF LESOTHO TABLED A NATIONAL DATA VALUE CREATION BLUEPRINT DRAFT.

THE GOVERNMENT OF LESOTHO TABLED A NATIONAL DATA VALUE CREATION BLUEPRINT DRAFT TO POSITION LESOTHO COMPETITIVELY ON THE INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL LANDSCAPE.

Ministry of Information, Communications, Science, Technology and Innovation submitted a draft of the National Data Value Creation Blue-Print Lesotho in Maseru.

Speaking at the event, Ms. Mabatho Lithebe said the draft to the national ecosystem for validation across four key areas, and those are the strategic Framework. She said the aim was to review the national vision, the theory of change, the strategic pillars and the consolidated findings of the ecosystem diagnostic.

The other area, she said was the Use Case Strategy which the focus was to examine the taxonomy, prioritization methods and criteria, the value-feasibility matrix, the ranked national portfolio and the selection of three to five flagship use cases.

She also mentioned priorities and sequence which she said the aim is to evaluate the enabling infrastructure and shared platforms required by the priority use cases, confirming the dependencies that condition their deployment.

In addition, Record Validation Decisions are to determine whether all outcomes have been documented, validated, amended or deferred or complete with assigned owners and deadlines for finalizing the Blueprint.

Ms. Lithebe further noted that this event was crucial as Lesotho is no longer just navigating the Data Value Creation Blueprint but is actively shaping it together.

When guiding the attendants of the validation workshop, Mr. Musa Honlue, Project Manager Smart Africa Digital Academy (SADA) said the project was done in three levels of analysis that include the National Blueprint, Roadmap and Portfolio and Priority Use Cases.

Honlue indicated that these levels are distinct from the design building blocks which include context, content, operationalization and products.

The validation workshop was a result of a July meeting that initiated the whole Blueprint with the purpose of putting Lesotho at the international level in the digital landscape.

Source: Lesotho News Agency [LENA]